Josephine Falls
Once again tonight we are in a free campsite. This one is much more deserted than that of last night, in fact we are the only ones here. It has nice level sites, though each site is marked for two spaces, and that would be a pretty tight squeeze. Two sites fits our motorhome nicely. There is no Internet access here though, so this won’t get posted until tomorrow.
Along the way this morning we stopped at Ingham and got the windscreen patched. It’s not perfect, but at least looks somewhat less likely to spread and crack all over. We also got some fly swatters, a pack of three for $2, in a bargain store. And I bought a pair of flip-flops there, since I am getting tired of getting in and out of my sandals (and keeping them constantly wet in the bargain). Much as I hate flip-flops, they are a lot more handy especially in the shower.
There is a cold shower here, and I used it when we got in (cold is a relative term as the water is as warm as air temperature, so is around 25 degrees). I was already pretty soaked anyway, as along the way we drove in to Josephine Falls. As we got there it started to pour rain just when we were setting out. Though we had our umbrellas it was definitely wet. This area has the reputation as the wettest in Australia with an annual rainfall of over four metres. That is a lot of rain! The falls were very nice and as wet as it is today they were really running.
We also passed by many large sugar and banana plantations along the way. We stopped in a farmer’s yard where they had a fruit stand and bought a pineapple for $3 and four bananas for $1. I had one of the bananas, and they are quite good. The farmer’s wife was complaining about all the rain, so I guess it really is abnormally wet for this time of year.
Just before supper it started to rain. And did it ever rain. It was actually a thunderstorm, though there wasn’t much in the way of lightning. The rain came down in sheets, for several hours. After supper I went out to open the drain on the waste water, since it was raining so hard, our little bit of grey water wasn’t going to add much to the load. However the cap was stuck, and I couldn’t get it open. I was out for about two minutes, under the umbrella, and got thoroughly soaked, so that I had to strip off and change my clothes when I got back in. It continued to rain until long after we’d gone to bed. But did taper off by morning.