1/7/2015
Wonderful breakfast in the
camp kitchen out in the open, beautiful weather and views as well as
interesting people to talk to in the morning. One of the guys,
originally from the UK, who is on a 4 week camping trip with his
family, works as a repairman for hail damaged cars. He works half the
year in Australia, half the year in Europe – wherever the season
for hail damage is. He's been a few times in Austria as well, as we
seem to have bad hail storms every other year in certain areas.
Interesting.
I drove to Mackay and
walked into the local tourism office. Discussed some options with
them for sailing trips around the Whitsunday Islands/Outer Great
Barrier Reef and booked on of the trips. Hence I need to be in Airlie
Beach tomorrow afternoon to check in, we depart on Friday morning for
3 days/2 nights. Looking forward to that trip!
Called the local dive shop
but they couldn't find my registration as licensed PADI open water
diver. What a shock to the system! So I tried to get hold of anybody
at the dive school in the Philippines where I did the dive course
last year but wasn't successful yet. Will try again later and
tomorrow.
Continuing on through
Mackay, a city of about 120,000 inhabitants, I selected a campsite on
Blacks Beach, a fantastic place at the Northern Beaches. During the
day, I visited most of the Northern Beaches and found Blacks Beach to
be the best.
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| Shoal Point beach |
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| Some Northern Beach in Mackay |
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| Beach run - went from where I took to photo to the very far right and back |
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| After the run, ready for the rather cold pool |
Did another beach run in
the late afternoon, followed by a cool down in the swimming pool.
This campsite is almost like a resort!
In the evening, I caught
up with Bernie, a former project manager in our downtown Perth office
back in the days, who had his office right next to mine. He works for
one of the coal terminals here in the area. Had a great pizza, a
glass of wine and a very interesting conversation.
Distance traveled: 130km
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