Days 10 and 11 Charters Towers to Atherton

Day 10 was a rest day after the long haul from Alpha to Charters. The Caravan Park was quiet enough and I caught up on this blog in the morning, did some washing and went swimming in the council pool. Finished series three of Whitechapel. Great series. Day 11 got on the road about nine, and actually overtook a cattle truck on the 130kms to Townsville. Exciting.

We managed to keep the aircon on most of the way until we started up the very steep (10%) Highway from Innisfail to Malanda. Down to second gear a lot of that way but because of the very quick climb it got high and cool quite quickly.Arrived about 5pm with only shot stops near Ingham and Cardwell.

Very carefully backed into O's drive in Atherton with inches to spare, to park the van for several weeks before we head back down south. Day 11 was 29 January2013.