Peaceful free camp for 2 nights. Less than a dozen caravans or tents on 1st night, a few more the second. Due to a lack of rain, the lake capacity was reduced, the water temperature was increasing so their were algae blooms. Council had posted warnings… don’t drink or swim! The wind was strong during the day.
On to our next location: Bowen > Lake Elphinstone
Sunset
So many beautiful sunsets. This photo taken while we walked along Queen beach
Looking for turtles
At the water’s edge, at the front of the caravan park, 3 turtles popped their heads above the water line but the speed at which they took breath & the wait in between breaths made it sooo difficult to take a photo. The photo is of the “turtle spotter” 😊
Turtle Spotter
Souring birds
Coral spotting
Armed with swimming goggles we swam out on the northern side of the bay to view coral and fish
Mangoes 🥭
A little early in the season so I had to settle for a mango sorbet
The BIG mango 
Bowen Panorama
Red arrow points to the caravan location on the coast
Murals at Bowen
There are many murals on buildings around the centre of Bowen, but the biggest are the 2 waters tanks
Murray Beach 🏝
Flying the drone was not possible. What we thought was a compass calibration issue turned to be not this but attempting to take off in a “no fly zone” ie within 5 km of an airport ☹️. So we walked into Murray beach instead…
