Today we leave Townsville heading to Cairns ready for the flight home tomorrow.
A rainy day with lots of roadworks and a closed section of the highway due to a car accident. Following Apple Maps in this countryside is perhaps not a smart move.
Apple dutifully worked out a route around the closure and off we went. All good for the first 10klm then the turn down the dirt road in the middle of the sugar Cain fields became a bit of concern.
But the cars and a semi trailer on the road gave us confidence. Then we hit the river crossing with a truck bogged on the bank, water flowing and an exit bank that you would think about in a 4wd let alone a fwd hire car with a big excess.
So nope turnaround. Ok for the cars, the semi had a very long backup to turn. He did after a couple of klm's manage to pull over and let us past.
So back into Ingam for lunch , lucky break, the lady at the bakery spotted the tourist look, and asked if we were stuck with the highway closed. Then offered the way to get around it. Completely different way but rather enjoyable detour.
In the end around 7 hours to do 350klm.
Flight home day uneventful
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