February 29:
We get up and are happily surprised to see the bright sunny
day that awaits us. This is our last day
here and we want to spread our wings to see a few more local sights so we pack
into the car and venture off to a beach about 40 minutes up the road. The irony of being here is that you can look,
but you cannot touch. The blue waters
are tantalizingly beautiful, but deadly….any number of perils might get you if
you enter the water –sharks, box jellyfish, stone fish or even portugese
mano’war. Wow! We go anyway and stop at Queen’s Beach in the
town of Bowen. It is a wonderful stretch
of sand and we find the most beautiful shells and, regrettably, dead coral on
the beach. We walk along for a good hour
before getting back in the car and driving through Bowen which advertises
itself as “Muraltown”. We need to check
it out and drive through on our way back to Airlie Beach. Upon our return, we go back into town where
we enjoy lunch before going to the Lagoon, again! We pick up some books at the used
bookstore…..Annie has discovered the delights of reading! Three books in three days….amazing. This bookstore will allow you to purchase a
book and give you 50% of the purchase price back if you trade it in, which is
perfect for us. We opt to eat out of the
fridge for our last night. We return to
the condo and get ourselves packed since tomorrow we are in for a very long day
in the car.
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