Left Wunjunga (forgot to mention the salt pans yesterday. Here goes, there are extensive salt pans along the road to Wunjunga, we drive across them, it would be interesting to see this country in the wet.
We travelled through enormous sugar cane plantations, the largest we have seen to date. There is some harvesting going on and the little trains are loaded to the hilt with the cane. As we approach Bowen we can see in the distance a very large structure, no idea what it is, it seems to be perched in the middle of nowhere. Then as we get nearer we see that it is an enormous bridge. Can’t help wondering why they need such a large structure. we have crossed very large river beds on our journeys and the bridges have been roads that were elevated. Hehe then as we cross, the reason becomes evident. This is the Burdekin River. See the photo for the river bed.
and the bridge ‘struts’
This river must be truly amazing in the ‘wet’.
There are lots of fields of vegetables, strawberries and tomatoes as we come into Bowen.
Bowen was the main location for the Film “Australia” the one with Nicole Kidman, there are some interesting photos around the town of various scenes from the film and how they were created.
Bowen is quite a nice town and we decide to try our luck on its coastline. After visiting 3 caravan parks we settle on one at Horse Shoe Bay. This caravan park is a bit run down, but the nearby beaches are really nice and within very easy walking distance. However, it is very WINDY.
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