Mission Beach
Trip Start
Jan 03, 2008
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Trip End
Mar 15, 2008
Mission Beach, Australia
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Finally made it to Mission Beach and walked up and down the beach, saw a whole bunch of jellyfish near the stinger enclosure. Made some pasta in a bathroom because it was too windy to cook it outside. I read quite a bit of my new books, haven't yet finished "The beginners guide to winning the noble prize". It takes too much concentration to read. At night at MB there were hundreds of cane toads everywhere. Max crushed a few, I had more compassion and left them alone. Got cold in the car at night, actually had to use my sleeping bad for once.
Next morning the sun was out and I soaked it in as much as I could. By 3pm the sun was gone, but I managed to get some nice tannage. After lunch we headed to the stinger enclosure, Max tried out his snorkle and mask that he looted from the boat wreck. We played a little football and headed back to the camping spot for the night.
By morning it was pouring out and we had to seek shelter because rain was seeping into the car. We parked under an abandoned gas station and waited out the storm. Eventually we left, even though it was still raining pretty hard. We tried to get out, but the road was blocked by a flooded river. Once again we had to cross a fast moving, dangerous river. Other cars were doing it so we did as well. Max was freaking out, "I can't take this pressure", so I had to drive. We made it without too much trouble though. Water comes up though the floor in the back seats, so thats lovely, but we survived and headed to Cairns.
