Tuesday 29th August 2023
Well after our really tough walk yesterday, David was comatose by 7.30pm, falling asleep sitting up. I was still thrashing around with restless legs at 1am. Just for good measure, the rooster started crowing at 4.15am and didn’t stop before 7.30am. He really must have gotten a sore throat.

We went for another platypus viewing, seeing some more again this morning. We enjoyed a lazy, slow breakfast, a tidy up, a bit of yoga and chatting. At about 11am we headed out to The Diggings which was along a not so well maintained dirt road through the farmlands. We enjoyed a walk around the camp ground which we wish we had found earlier. We might have stayed there last night. We crossed the creek and saw some new birds – Brown Thornbill, Red-backed Fairywren plus some we have seen before – Pale-breasted Rosella, Azure Kingfisher and Pale-yellow Robin. We also saw quite a few Lace Monitors.

We then headed on our way towards The Whitsundays, we couldn’t decide whether to go back to Lake Proserpine or Cape Hillsborough National Park for the night. In the end, we decided we really had no energy for anything else this afternoon, so we went to Lake Proserpine. We enjoyed a restful afternoon, did a little bird watching and hopefully a good night sleep. Wish us luck!