The drive up the coast is continuous plantations of sugar and bananas with a backdrop of tropical forests it’s hot,hot,hot we had planned to stay overnight at Cardwell nope it looked like a ghost town we continued up to Tully finding the turning for Mission Beach found a motel, pretty quiet but the pub was open to feed Ian, and didn’t break the piggy bank. 

When we visited OZ before food was inexpensive not now it’s more expensive than the UK and despite the Australian Government saying they need to eat healthier options they’re hard to get. Apparently the policy is to export everything creating high prices.

Mission Beach