day 65 Aug 28 Bowen and Airlie Beach

Sunday mornning in Bowen - and we find the town shut - nothing is open - not even the tourist information centre on the beach! We make our way back to the Bruce highway and stop at the second tourist office which is home to the "Big Mango" evidently the only tourist attraction in Bowen! Ironically the lady in the office is from Scarborough in the UK!

We continue our journey to Airlie Beach which proved costly twice over (another story not to be repeated!) and checked out the sights, well the lagoon and beachfront!

We have our lunch on the esplanade, making use of the free BBQs on the beach front and the girls delight in seeing a sulphur crested cockatoo in the trees at the little children's playground.

     

The town is most definitely not a family destination - there are hundreds of teenage and 20 somethings here to party and so we continue our journey south. We have our first truly "freedom" camp - down a little side track off the main highway where right on time it starts to drizzle. 

Why is it now children decide they need a poo?! Cue plastic bag, torches and lots of giggles!