The days post Tour de Cure were spent at Mission Beach just chilling out and catching up at Castaways Resort with some of the Tour families who had stayed on a few night. It was an amazing setting to complete an epic journey.
We rode our bikes down the beach with Tas becoming a massive fan of zooming into the surf on the bike. Janene and I did some beach runs on alternate mornings and just took in the pristine nature that Mission Beach offers.
Edith and Gavin, Janene’s parents headed back to Sydney during the week and it was sad to see them go after being the ultimate support team over the last few weeks on the road. They made the Tour a lot easier for Janene to drive the van and the 3 kids some 1700 km plus the 500km we covered on the rest day knowing they would be at every stop to help set up at the end of the day.
One of the highlights this week was our rainforest walk as a family through a 1km circuit where Cassowary’s live. The photo’s below were mostly taken by the kids. We played a game where if you saw something new eg plant or animal you got 5 or 20 points. The Cassowary droppings were a hit and got the family on edge looking for the endangered prehistoric flightless bird.
Another highlight this week has been Tas and my Fishing sessions down at Clump Point Boat ramp. We got the right advice from the local bait store, even though Tas loved the big display lure we settled for the prove frozen prawns and got 1 small fish in our first session and 2 fish the next day. The second session was only for the hard fisherman, which I would put Tas in, there is no stopping his enthusiasm. It is not a rainforest area for nothing and I could see the rain coming in sheets off the mountains down to the coast. Luckily no one was around and we jumped on the Dive boat and took shelter whilst continuing to wet a line!
Hi Tas, Imagine the HUGE fish you could get with that lure!!
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