Innisfail has been a real surprise, I expected it to quite a dusty cowboy type town probably similar to Cloncurry but it has been a really pleasant surprise. The Johnstone River that runs through the town gives it quite a cool and coastal feel. We mentioned the lovely river to a shop assistant and was told very quickly and in no uncertain terms that it was full of crocs and not to swim in it. As if????? There are signs everywhere warning of crocs!!!!! There is an abundance of water around the northern areas of Queensland, but none of it has tempted me so far, Crocs, Stinger, Irudkandji, too scary to think about.
The fire station and St Johns Ambulance buildings were really well preserved.
After a really good walk around and the completing the most boring task eva - grocery shopping we headed back to Babinda where we are camped up amongst the banana trees and sugar cane. The camp is really pretty and situated on the side of the Babinda River, it has toilets and showers, grass and plenty of shade and all for a donation. Your only supposed to stay for 72 hours, but we're bucking the system and extending our stay - along with many other campers.
After such an exhausting day it was back to the van at top speed as we were late for happy hour!!!!
