Sunday 25th August – Etty Bay Caravan Park.

Have a great camp at Etty Bay Caravan Park on a bit of a hill looking down towards the beach, terrific spot.  I have just managed to get a string of photos with 4 sky divers landing on the beach.  These guys are unbelievable.  They can land on a “threepence”.  I stood and watched the plane overhead and saw the 4 sky divers exit the plane.  They looked so graceful gliding down to the beach. But, still not sure why anyone would want to jump out of a perfectly good plane.!!!!!   In saying that they were all very excited when they landed on the beach with “high 5’s” all round. We are hoping that it will be quieter here tomorrow.  Apparently over the weekend this is a very popular spot for the locals to come and hang out.  While I was getting our “nibblies” ready for Happy Hour, a mother Cassowary and her chick slowly walked through the camp.  She walked from the top of the park, where we are camped, right down to the beach. Very excited, this is the first live Cassowary we have ever seen, and to have a chick as well was very special.  We were quite convinced that Cassowary’s were all just “concrete” !!!!  Happy Hour was with our new neighbours Trevor & Lyn from Toowoomba.  Trevor kept us entertained for ages with his stories about the time they were publicans at a Hotel in a town called Chillagoe,  a little town West of Cairns in outback Qld.  Carol & I were laughing so much we had stitches.  They turned out to be a very entertaining couple camped next to Max & Carol and traveling around in a motorhome.