Set off from Balyana just turned 8am and drove south towards Cardwell where I stopped to view the waterfront, been there many times but it still enchants me. Then on towards Ingham turning off at the Lucinda and Halifax sign. Lucinda's main claim to fame is the extended conveyor belt taking sugar out to the shipping loading port.
It is so long that the curvature of the earth had to be calculated into it's design and it is one of the longest of it's kind in the world. So the cane trains come and deposit the cane and it ends up transferred into sugar and gets loaded after making the long trip to the waiting ships. I have been told that if you buy a meal and a beer you can camp behind the pub at Lucinda otherwise it is the caravan park.
You have to go through Halifax to get to Lucinda and I have often thought of driving to see Halifax because I was born and brought up in Halifax. It was a different Halifax that I knew belching smoke from the textile industry well before controls came in to curb emissions. I remember the washing getting put out to dry and coming in with black soot all over.
On to Taylors Beach am much prettier option but again no camping signs are around, I was told by a camper that you can park overnight on the gravel road along the sea front and there are toilets available but I had lunch then took off for Ingham and on to Bushy Parker Reserve north of Townsville. My favourite group of free camps starts at Bushy Parker and finishes at Saunders Beach, Balgal, Toomulla and Bluewater.
It will be a while before I continue my travels south, fully expecting to be able to camp within the group for a couple of weeks. Have set up fully and intend to remain here until Monday morning, don't need the shower tent it was hot enough to use the outside cold shower. Thinking about those still around country Victoria and hoping for warm weather for you. John
-- Edited by yeoeleven on Wednesday 13th of August 2014 08:09:32 AM
Dougwe said
07:11 PM Aug 12, 2014
Now I know where they made the show I have been enjoying, "Last Tango In Halifax"
Hopefully see you later in the year down in Mexico John.
wendyv said
08:07 PM Aug 12, 2014
Actually, the harvested cane goes to mills like those big ones at Tully, Ingham, Macknade (near Halifax), etc, and is turned into sugar. From the mills near Ingham (Victoria Mill) and Halifax, the sugar goes in hopper-like carriages on the little trains, to the loading facility at Lucinda. The processed sugar trains and the harvested cane trains use the same lines. If you drive from Forrest Beach to Ingham, past the Victoria Mill, the loading place for the processed sugar is on the opposite side of the road from the main mill - with big pipes going over the road.
kandagal said
08:39 PM Aug 12, 2014
Cardiff John??? How did you get to Wales?? Travel safely wherever.
Glenelg said
05:52 AM Aug 13, 2014
i do enjoy your post of your travels John. and i hope to meet you for the first time at greens. keep the good posts up.
yeoeleven said
08:07 AM Aug 13, 2014
kandagal wrote:
Cardiff John??? How did you get to Wales?? Travel safely wherever.
I got that mixed up in a previous post title and Cindy had to correct it. I must have a block about CARDWELL.
This time I will edit it and thanks for pointing it out.
John
Dougwe said
08:14 AM Aug 13, 2014
We understand John, we all know now that you get very excited in those beach areas with all the French and German Backpackers.
Just wondering mate, what do you think of the Swedish Backpackers? I love their accent
Poppy sore eye said
08:30 AM Aug 13, 2014
A couple of big days there mate, relax, and stay safe. Great to see you posting.
we may even see you again befor our tracks separate.
yeoeleven said
08:45 AM Aug 13, 2014
Poppy sore eye wrote:
A couple of big days there mate, relax, and stay safe. Great to see you posting.
we may even see you again befor our tracks separate.
Hope so will be here until Monday morning.
Doug, definitely the French are my favourite 'cos I can discuss the article in the Huffington Post where I was famous for a day
but not against the Swedish just don't come across as many.
John
halfpint said
04:51 PM Aug 15, 2014
No you don't John, you are laughing behind your hand when you say hope the people in Vic are warm enough bit cooler in Tassie john.
halfpint said
04:52 PM Aug 15, 2014
No you don't John, you are laughing behind your hand when you say hope the people in Vic are warm enough bit cooler in Tassie john.
yeoeleven said
06:16 PM Aug 15, 2014
halfpint wrote:
No you don't John, you are laughing behind your hand when you say hope the people in Vic are warm enough bit cooler in Tassie john.
The ones who can travel north but choose to stay there can get as cold as freezing the others I feel sorry for and hope it warms up for them.
You have family reasons this year to stay in the cold but next?????
John
roadtourer said
01:14 PM Aug 20, 2014
I am completely loving your posts and also your blog checking it daily as much as i can! Learning so much from you too
Keep up the great travels and detailed photos and information
Set off from Balyana just turned 8am and drove south towards Cardwell where I stopped to view the waterfront, been there many times but it still enchants me. Then on towards Ingham turning off at the Lucinda and Halifax sign. Lucinda's main claim to fame is the extended conveyor belt taking sugar out to the shipping loading port.
It is so long that the curvature of the earth had to be calculated into it's design and it is one of the longest of it's kind in the world. So the cane trains come and deposit the cane and it ends up transferred into sugar and gets loaded after making the long trip to the waiting ships. I have been told that if you buy a meal and a beer you can camp behind the pub at Lucinda otherwise it is the caravan park.
You have to go through Halifax to get to Lucinda and I have often thought of driving to see Halifax because I was born and brought up in Halifax. It was a different Halifax that I knew belching smoke from the textile industry well before controls came in to curb emissions. I remember the washing getting put out to dry and coming in with black soot all over.
On to Taylors Beach am much prettier option but again no camping signs are around, I was told by a camper that you can park overnight on the gravel road along the sea front and there are toilets available but I had lunch then took off for Ingham and on to Bushy Parker Reserve north of Townsville. My favourite group of free camps starts at Bushy Parker and finishes at Saunders Beach, Balgal, Toomulla and Bluewater.
It will be a while before I continue my travels south, fully expecting to be able to camp within the group for a couple of weeks. Have set up fully and intend to remain here until Monday morning, don't need the shower tent it was hot enough to use the outside cold shower. Thinking about those still around country Victoria and hoping for warm weather for you. John
-- Edited by yeoeleven on Wednesday 13th of August 2014 08:09:32 AM
Now I know where they made the show I have been enjoying, "Last Tango In Halifax"
Hopefully see you later in the year down in Mexico John.
I got that mixed up in a previous post title and Cindy had to correct it. I must have a block about CARDWELL.
This time I will edit it and thanks for pointing it out.
John
We understand John, we all know now that you get very excited in those beach areas with all the French and German Backpackers.
I love their accent 
Just wondering mate, what do you think of the Swedish Backpackers?
A couple of big days there mate, relax, and stay safe. Great to see you posting.
we may even see you again befor our tracks separate.
Hope so will be here until Monday morning.
Doug, definitely the French are my favourite 'cos I can discuss the article in the Huffington Post where I was famous for a day
but not against the Swedish just don't come across as many.
John
No you don't John, you are laughing behind your hand when you say hope the people in Vic are warm enough
bit cooler in Tassie john.
No you don't John, you are laughing behind your hand when you say hope the people in Vic are warm enough
bit cooler in Tassie john.
The ones who can travel north but choose to stay there can get as cold as freezing the others I feel sorry for and hope it warms up for them.
You have family reasons this year to stay in the cold but next?????
John
Keep up the great travels and detailed photos and information