Mareeba didn't do much for me

Farewell picnic lunch at Yungaburra

Daniel enjoying his vanilla slice so much he thought he'd wear it

Conor making short work of a chocolate hedgehog slice

Our trip south from Cape Trib was a bit of a downer. We decided on staying in Mareeba so that we could go out for a last dinner with Jenny and Peter, and thought because it’s a bigger town it might have more choice. Turned out not to be the case unfortunately, the only places that did pizza or pasta (we had promised Daniel lasagne) were takeaway only, and we finished up at the RSL, which didn’t really hit the spot in terms of taste or value for money. None of us liked the town that much in general, and were wishing we’d stayed in Atherton. Oh well, we had a bit of a walk around the shore of Lake Tinnaroo, where again I was expecting there to be nicer walks and lots of them but there was only one and it wasn’t that exciting. Today we had a nicer morning going back to the lovely walk we’d already done at Yungaburra along Peterson Creek, had yet another picnic lunch with some yummy pastries from the Atherton bakery, and then farewelled Jenny and Peter who were driving back to Cairns, preparing to fly off tomorrow, while we head south towards Winton. We’ve all completely given up on seeing a Cassowary now… still a bit disappointed though. Conor and Nick have colds unfortunately so we won’t be pushing ourselves too hard in order to get there in a hurry. I don’t think it’s a very bad one though, as Conor came down with it 2 nights ago but still managed to polish off a pizza and two desserts last night, so at least he hasn’t lost his appetite.