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We saw so many crabs and Luca loved watching them. He was covered head to toe in mud Day 27 – Friday
What a beautiful spot! We spent the morning enjoying the low tide. It goes out more than a kilometer so the boys had heaps of space to run (crawl) around and enjoy the mud. 
It’s the weirdest beach I have ever seen. You’ll be walking on the sand quite happily and then you’ll step into soft clay and sink.
Luca thought it was great. I kept telling Scott we were going to have the prettiest feet on the planet We saw so many crabs and Luca loved watching them. He was covered head to toe in mud and had a ball helping dad find pipis.
I’m having a lot of trouble keeping the sand out of the van. The boys’ bed is covered in it – I’ve just given up sweeping it out.
Day 28 – Saturday
We decided to head to Mackay today. The engine has been making a strange ticking noise which Scott has traced to the alternator – yes the brand new one we had put in in Brisbane!! We hoped to get to a place to have it looked at but we got to Mackay at almost 12pm and they were all closing. Turns out the screws holding the bearing retainer plate had stripped (all but one) and it was the screws ticking away inside.
We got out to Smalleys Beach and set up camp. Scott didn’t waste any time removing the alternator and attempting to take it apart.
Day 29 – Sunday
The morning was taken up by Scott stripping the alternator and finding screws to replace the stripped ones.
A few spares from the caravan and a lot of loctite and sweat later we had an operational alternator. My man is a jack of all trades – firie, mechanic and he pretends to be a computer expert
I was reaching the end of my tether with the sand/dirt so I convinced Scott we should head off in the morning. It’s a beautiful spot but I was aching for a little less dirt.
Day 30 – Monday
So we pack up again and hit the road in the direction of Bowen. The Camps5 had no camp sites around Bowen so we settled on a caravan park. This is only the second caravan park since we left so we’re pretty pleased with that. It’s really not our scene though. They sure to do pack us in like sardines. Having the water on tap is wonderful though and the boys enjoyed the pool and the beach – Oh and giving the clothes a GOOD wash in the washing machine is a good too.
Even though it’s beautiful here, I don’t think we could put up with the caravan park scene for another night so Townsville tomorrow me thinks.
Until next time