Got up and had coffee with the March flies about 6 am. Had a hearty breakfast of baked beans before settling in to read for awhile until the tide went out a bit. Then after a morning swim I headed north to the Freshwater track dropping my rubbish off at the bins as I went past. The track was its usual condition a bit rough and bumpy but not challenging in any way. I thought it may have been more cut up as I suspect it may have seen more traffic since you can't drive down the beach to Rainbow Beach at the moment. Got back to the main road and put some more air in the tyres for some bitumen driving. I headed down to Searys Creek day use area and walked down to creek.
Had a quick swim in the fresh water to wash all the salt off from my recent ocean swims. It was coolish but very refreshing. Then I drove into Rainbow Beach and had a coffee and a sausage roll at the bakery in town. Caught up on some internet things and went for a walk around town.
I had an early lunch at one of the cafes. The seafood basket was very nice. Walked around a bit more and headed back to the car and out of town and towards camp. It started raining while I was on the Freshwater track and the wet sand was a lot different to drive on, not to mention the gloomy outlook in the middle of the forest. When I got out onto the beach the shower had passed by and was heading south with blue skies above me. I got back to camp and settled in for another lazy afternoon of reading, snoozing and downloading photos to the computer. Then a storm came through and dumped a fair bit of rain but I was nice and dry in the camper. After the rain I went for a stroll along the beach, it was very pleasant as it had cooled down a bit.
Just had some nibbles for dinner as I had eaten too much food in Rainbow Beach. As it got dark the March flies disappeared but the mozzies came out with a vengeance. I got the Bushmans out and that worked pretty well. Then spent an hour or so trying to take some long exposure photos of an erratic lightning storm far out to sea and failing dismally.
Then I had to go to bed smelling of DEET.
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