Friday 28th July 2023
Today was to be a bit of an organising sort of day. We finalised our overnight hiking backpacks, minimised our clothes in to an Aldi bag, so we can empty our car at the storage shed so the girls can fit in tomorrow.

We left Alva at about 10am, intending to go straight to the caravan park we have booked for tonight, then the shed after lunch. As always, Broady Tours is flexible and ever-changing. As we were driving along the Bruce Highway we saw a mountain, so what did the Broady’s do when they see a mountain nearby? Well, they have to check it out.

We drove in to Alligator Creek in the Mt Elliott, Bowling Green Bay National Park. I had measured hike to Alligator Creek lookout. A 3.2km return hike along Alligator Creek Falls track to the lookout, it was up about 245m in elevation. Unfortunately we were foiled by barricades where we thought the road went. Apparently it was an overnight hike or 17km return from the carpark. So instead we did the Cockatoo Creek walk. After reaching the creek, I walked back through Alligator creek’s boulders for a little while but decided to bush bash out, back to the track as it was too far to boulder hop the whole way. We saw some little birds and David saw his first Ulysses butterfly for this trip. They are still as vibrant as ever.

An hour and a half later, we headed to the storage shed. Removed as much of our gear as possible and cleared the seats for the girls to fit in tomorrow. We are still not quite sure if we can managed 5 big packs, plus a small bag each with clothes for the next couple of days exploration drive, Only time will tell.

We checked in to our camp late this afternoon and continued to get organised for tomorrow. After cooking tomorrow night’s dinner and tonight, we are as ready as we can be.

I will probably be off line for at least a couple of nights and possible won’t get back to blogging until Saturday 5th. We will see how much we try to fit in to a day as to whether I have any time.