Carmila Beach Day 2

There was no rush again, so another relaxing day by the Coral Sea.

After we had done all that was necessary around the Karavan, we drove the short drive to the Carmila Roadhouse and you guessed correctly. Our purpose was for a cappuccino!

Old tractor near the road

Before we went into the Roadhouse, we chatted to the relieving Police Officer. She has a 6 week posting in the area. She told us about some of the events that happen in the area. Her first thoughts coming to Carmila was that it would be very quiet but with a Mud Rally at Flaggy Rock, a rodeo nearby and some other organised events changed that thought. We specifically asked her about some roads/tracks I found on a topographical map of the area, unfortunately, she was not able to enlighten us much.

So after coffee, we set off to drive about 25 kilometres west of the Roadhouse. Towards the end of it was almost like “Deliverance Country”. We encountered a mob of black feral pigs on the track near the end of our drive up that road.  Most of the drive was surrounded by sugar cane fields but the last little bit was all cattle country or maybe even some other ‘cropping’. We returned back to the Roadhouse then turned south on the Bruce Highway to Flaggy Rock and turned west to explore that area. It was better type of grazing country as far as we could go. There was also more sugar cane growing. After reaching a locked gate, we backtracked to the Highway and crossed over and explored to the East. All we found was an unused airfield that had obviously not been mown for a while but must have had some use in the past as the power line was put underground to cross it.

We then returned back to the Highway and to the Flaggy Rock Exotic Garden where we had lunch with a fairly ordinary coffee. We both had nice home made pies and peas for lunch.

Following lunch, we returned to the Roadhouse to refuel the Mazda BT50 and to get some 15 litres of petrol for the Honda generator. Then it was back to camp and some reading and relaxing.

Later in the afternoon, we went for a walk along the 4 Mile Beach that we have been overlooking for the past few days. It is very relaxing here and generally very quiet. The tide does run out and in at a rapid rate and I am guessing it rises more than 2 metres to top of the tide. Just flats are left for about 500 metres out at low tide.

Tomorrow, we move up to Mackay to our friends Angie and Drew for a few days.