Clairview

Today we drove off from Miriam Vale and our next major stop will be Cairns but there will be a few stops on the way.


We drove through Rockhampton, and weren’t overly impressed – though I need to remember that we only popped in for fuel and drove out again, so there may have been some fantastic stops we missed.


We’re spending tonight at a busy free camp in Clairview. It is beautiful here – right on the water with good facilities. Once again, Max and Harry had a fantastic time in the sand. When we got here the tide was far out and the sand was a bit muddy. This meant for some different sand constructions and a lot of sticky mess – it was great for the boys to play in!! Max spent a bit of time collecting shells – and separated them into piles with holes in for Harry to use jewellery making, and a pile of lovely looking ones for me. What a sweetheart!!


A shop opened this afternoon, run by the W.A.G. – or Womens’ Action Group of Clairview. This group of women run the shop to make money for the community from selling jars of jam, chutney, homemade cakes and slices, second hand clothes, teatowels and other kitchen bits that people travelling like to purchase. We were very happy to buy some homemade slice! As this is such a busy free camp I think they do pretty well out of it. Some of the money raised was used to commission a local artist to paint sea scenes on the outside of the toilet block. This makes it just so much nicer than boring old plain concrete! What a great group – it obviously works well.


The sugarcane is starting to appear on the side of the road – I think this will just be the start of a lot of cane to come as we head further north.