HOME HILL

After refuelling at Guthalungra this morning (Diesel $1.469) we only travelled 57kms north, but awoke during the night to rain and it continued until about 11am this morning until we arrived at a town called Home Hill, which is on the Burdekin River near Ayr. 

This town is so progressive in regards to the travelling public as they allow motor-homes and caravans to camp in the actual town parallel to the main street (photo), which can only benefit the local businesses. They even have a camp kitchen here for back-packers to use! It is such a pity that more towns aren't so smart. There are about 22 other vehicles camped here, there are so many people heading north for the winter, we just hope there will be camps available on the tropical beaches north of Townsville when we get there. We intend to have a meal at the local hotel tomorrow in appreciation for the hospitality shown here. Tomorrow we are going to use the Suzuki to have a look around the area also as we have been told that this is one of the last areas where "burning of the sugar cane fields" prior to harvesting is still allowed. They burn it in the afternoon the day before harvesting but today there was not a lot of burning due to the soaking rain we received earlier today. So we hope to get some great pics of the cane burning etc. Digital TV and Telstra Mobile is very good, but Vodafone mobile & Internet is poor.