- Sleep in.
- Slow breakfast.
- Repair hole in trousers.
- Wash more clothes, including sleeping bag liner.
- Morning coffee.
- Go for a walk and compare shopping options between General Store/Post Office and Convenience Store at garage.
- Shop for lunch. Limited and expensive choices. (Note to self: always stop at large supermarkets before having rest days at small out of the way hamlets. )
- Buy ice to keep beer and dairy products cool
- Admire bird life. These particular specimens (Bush Curlews) remind me of undertakers. They stalk around in an obsequious manner, avoiding eye contact. At night they emit a blood curdling cry that sounds like a baby is being murdered.
- Have lunch.
- Bleed rear brakes on my bike.
- Wash insects and road grit from front of bike.
- Check tyre pressures.
- Check washing is drying ok.
- Examine more (ex) wildlife. Our 1st cane toad of the trip!
- Examine the trees for cyclone damage. Careful inspection reveals lots of new foliage - fresh post cyclone.
- Afternoon coffee.
- Read book.
- Check email.
- Discuss route/schedule for next couple of days.
- Fold and pack dry washing.
- Go for late afternoon walk on beach.
- Admire sunset.
- Drink beer and review route plans made earlier
- Prepare dinner.
- Eat dinner.
- Wash dishes.
- Drink whiskey.
- Write blog.
- Go to bed.
Tomorrow on to Airlie Beach for decent supermarket and new gas cylinders. Then a short ride to Horseshoe Bay at Bowen.
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