Boy it was cold overnight at St Lawrence. We were glad to have our microfibre blanket to put on top of our doona.

We packed up and got away heading back to the Bruce Highway and headed northwards again. Our objective was the town of Sarina so we could stock up on groceries.

It was only 120km to the Woolworths at Sarina. The countryside changed again and instead of just paddocks of tall grass we started to see vast paddocks of sugar cane. Mackay is known as the ‘capital of sugar’ in Australia so we were expecting to see sugar cane fields again.

We arrived in Sarina and found some parking around the corner from the supermarket. After stocking up and loading all the groceries into our RV’s we wandered down the main street to find a bakery. We found the Sarina Pie Shop and luckily it hadn’t closed. As it was a Saturday they are only open until 1pm. We all bought something and enjoyed eating our lunch at a picnic table in the park across the road. We were immediately surrounded by pigeons looking for food scraps. I did enjoy my pie. I haven’t had a pie for ages and it was a good one.

Back in the RV’s we backtracked southwards for some 50km and turned into Cape Palmerston where we’d booked a couple of powered sites at the Cape Palmerston Holiday Park. $44 per night for 2A powered. We found our spots and set up camp on the lovely grass sites. There was a central power pole for all the spots around to connect to but only one tap. The idea is that you fill up your tanks and then unhook so others can use the tap.

The park is right next to a long beach. Rich went to check it out and came back with a report that the tide was way out and the beach is a very shallow one. The lady at the office assured us there were no crocs at their beach!

Rich saw other campers with fire pits so went to have a chat at the office. He came back with a metal base that had two wood blocks attached underneath to lift it off the grass so the grass underneath wouldn’t burn. It cost $5 to hire for our two nights. Our little Kings fire pit fitted on the base perfectly. It was Katie’s turn to cook and we enjoyed chicken burgers while we sat around our little fire pit. Ah the serenity!