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…
Bowen marina lunch
Delicious, fresh tiger prawns 
Most northern location for this adventure… Bowen!
Tropical 🌴 
Beach in front of caravan park
2.8km walk from CP to Horseshoe Bay for a swim and coffee 
Excellent swim, now time for a coffee ☕️
Still NO rain
In almost 3 weeks travel, the only (small) amount of rain was from thunderstorms on successive nights at Lilydale free camp. The countryside desperately needs rain 🌧. Pray boldly for rain 🌧!
Heading further north ☀️😀☀️
Mackay (Day 2)
Then travelled west to Finch Hatton Gorge to check out the flying fox, a walk into the rainforest and maybe a swim!
Mackay (Day 1)
We chose to use a farmstay site. Situated 20 minutes west of Mackay and nestled amongst cane fields.
1st stop after setting up… a gelato at the marina
Beach 4WD
Preparing to travel on the beach… deflate tyres to 20psi 
