Mackay

We have just had two beautiful  blue sky.... where else but Queensland....days but where else but tropical Queensland one cannot swim in the sea because of the stingers or the crocs! Noodle is now on the roof until we find some fresh water.  The weather is hot and humid, really nice... though hard to sleep in the Lcruiser as it is usually 25degrees + and humid at night.... but I am not complaining just getting used to living the life we have chosen. One just washes lots.....
We had a slow leak in one of the tyres and it turned out to be a problem.... we needed a new tyre and as we had planned to buy those chunky off road tyres in Cairns it seemed sensible to buy them here... BUT the local guy where we were said don't buy Coopers - he is not a dealer - anyway thanks to Dino we are now getting, tomorrow, new Coopers, at a good price so we will look like a REAL 4WDers.... 
Mackay is a nice town... though lots of ships waiting off the coast for the coal loader... which has a very long jetty visible from the town beach (along with a sign warning about crocs) there seems to be quite a few people here in the caravan park that work in the mines.
Funny to see all he ships around all the islands........
After the new tyres in the morning we will head for Cape Hillsborough NP and then to Airlie Beach.
Now have a date for the new grandchilds birth, March 18, so I will return then for a few weeks. That is so exciting to have a new baby in the family. We should be in Cairns by then so Christian will do lots of fishing until I get back.