TULLY

After riding our push-bikes down to Balgal Beach Sunday afternoon and buying a pineapple from a local farmer for $2, we spent another night at our camp at Rollingstone and departed early this morning. Traveling north via Ingham we stopped at Cardwell for a coffee stop and the damage created there by Cyclone Yasi is visible everywhere. A complete pine forest we drove past had hardly no green pine needles and all the trees were bent over at an angle, which was really strange to see. Lots of buildings are still badly damaged and the beach at Cardwell, which is opposite Hinchinbrook Island is covered in debris and beach sand has been pushed right up all over the foreshore (photo). After our coffee stop we carried on to Tully and arrived at the BlazeAid camp at the showgrounds about 11.30am and registered as volunteers here and setup our camp-site. Everything is so green here even after the cyclone, typical tropical rainforest vegetation. We plan to stay here for a few months doing volunteer work. Digital TV, Mobile & Internet coverage here is excellent.