To Flying Fish Point

After a fantastic evening at Paronella Park, we awoke to a cool morning. Thankfully, the morning warmed quite quickly. After packing up and moving the vehicles out of the camp site, we parked and then Prue went for a final walk through the park while I chatted to Col and Dianne(Lismore) and also Barry and Joan that  we had been camped near the night before.

Eventually, after our morning cappuccino at the Paronella Park - Deck Cafe, we moved on to Innisfail.As we were driving into the town the mobile phone rang and it was our Kimberley Karavan friends, Di and Trev. They wondered which coffee shop we were in. At that time I could say we were in the Mazda BT50 and outside the Tourist Information Centre.

Soon after  we made our way to the Flying Fish Point Caravan Park. This is about 7 kilometres east of Innisfail. It is very close to the beach and is quiet in that there are no major roads near us. So we set up the Karavan and returned into Innisfail. Prior to going in Prue did some washing and we hung it out to dry.

Once we parked the Mazda under the Woolworths supermarket, we went wandering around and view the differing architecture of  various periods of Innisfail's development. Art Deco is quite prevalent due to a major cyclone destroying many of the original timber buildings in around 1918. Some of the buildings are really well preserved.

Part way through, we decided to have lunch at the well known delicatessen, Oliveri's. I visited this wonderful place last year. It is over 100 years old and still owned by the same family. This in its self is quite remarkable. Anyway, we had a nice either Greek or Italian roll and a cappuccino each. Highly recommend this place, too.  What a bonus and easy to remember are the 2 towns starting with I, Ingham and Innisfail have great delis'.

We finally finished looking around the buildings including the Chinese Joss House which was closed. Then we did some grocery shopping in Woolworths. Then it was back to the Karavan to unload and then relax until later in the afternoon. We then did a little drive around the Flying Fish Point area taking in a short drive to Ella Bay and the Point where the boats launch.

By the time we returned it was time for dinner. So ends another day on our trip.