Monday 24th Proserpine / Airlie Beach / Dingo Beach /Hideaway Bay

Today we headed into Proserpine to have Toyota look at the fuel filter, as it turned out once I reset the sensor on the filter after been told how to do it, the light went out. Proserpine is an old town centered around the sugar mill, there was not much more in the town to see.

We then headed back out to Airlie Beach but the weather was overcast with a light shower so we didn't get the swim we where going to have. There is a nice boat harbour with some very expensive boats moored there.

The cruise ship Pacific Dawn was anchored in the bay so the place was full of tourists from the ship, because it was in port there where markets in town, we ended up having lunch at the Whitsunday Sailing Club.

It was then out to Dingo Beach which is 20km past where we are staying, it is a small village with a nice beach where the fisherman launch their boats, there is also a fenced off compound to swim in stinger season. There is a quaint little pub and general store.

On our way back we called into Hideaway Bay which has a lot of holiday homes, around the headland there where a lot of yachts moored our of the wind, there is also a resort on the headland. The water was so crystal clear and blue.

Tomorrow we start the long daily drives again, we head off through Mackay to Rockhampton.