Day 31- Townsville to Ingham 110 plus kms

Fliss gave the briefing this morning as we decided it would be a relief from the sound of Collis' voice for a change (he did have to repeat everything so that he felt better). Peter & Danny were the first to leave and we got a phonecall from Peter telling us that the directions Collis had given were not possible as bikes were not allowed on the overpass. We quickly rounded up the riders left in camp to give them an alternative route but we couldn't catch all of them.

Danny saw the sign but couldn't work out another way to go so he continued on the overpass and Robbo didn't see the sign so he also went over the overpass. No one stopped them so it didn't really matter. Which ever way they went the traffic was horrendous, the road was narrow and the drivers were a concern.  They really need a dual highway leading in and out of Townsville with all that traffic. Morning tea was at a little roadhouse at about the 50 km mark. We hadn't passed Woody and we were a little concerned so we were about to go back and look for him when Anna arrived and stated she had passed him a fair way back. Woody eventually arrived and stated he had got lost coming out of Townsville and was pretty upset with Collis for his directions (he was the only one to get lost so not sure what happened in the translation).

Fliss and Ben went off to check out the beach at Rollingstone but found they couldn't swim due to the stingers and notifications of crocodiles in the area. Peter went off exploring everything he possibly could explore on the route into town and everyone else gradually made their way in with Annie and Georg getting in first today.

Staying at a lovely little caravan park called Palm Tree which was a little out of town and a little problem for food for the boys who don't cook but they ended up eating at the roadhouse near by which wasn't the greatest food. The rest of us cooked at the fantastic camp kitchen. Nice pool to swim in as well and enjoyed by most of us.

A couple of large frogs around tonight with a competition with the cane toads- not sure which species won the battle. There was supposed to be a meteor shower tonight and Annie, Collis, Georg & I remained up for a little while hoping to catch some of it but were driven to bed by the midgies.