The day began with bacon and eggs and a footsoak/ pedicure for Macgyver whose cracked feet got the better of Rosie – not being able to stand the sight of such neglect anymore Rosie got to work on Trev’s feet with gusto. Branch dropped in for a look but soon disappeared as he was not keen on footcare at all!!

Everyone was taking it  easy today – we had thought of going to Mossman Gorge but once there we were put off by the fact that you now can no longer just freely access the gorge – $12 pp for the short ride in a minibus up the hill – no car or pedestrian access allowed from below…. So in protest we chose not to go up…..

Rose and Dave headed in to Port Douglas while Trev and I drove out to check out Daintree Village. There was not much there – we looked at the small museum with a curious collection of old junk and other unusual items and went down croc spotting at the Daintree River wharf to no avail.

Driving back to the caravan park we were stopped by a cane train crossing the road fully laden.

A quick look at the Mossman River wharf also came up negative for crocs….but the weather today was not the best – blowing a gale and a bit overcast so we figured the crocs were all sheltering somewhere out of the wind.

There are some really spectacular flowers in bloom at the moment – so colourful….

Back at camp that night it seemed that “true confessions” were on the agenda…Branch’s investigation into the poonami was accurate – the Wells ‘fessed up that they had had a leak in their toilet cassette….Dave had been in the shower and smelt something not so good. Upon investigation via the outside access he removed the cassette only to find the inside compartment full of effluent that had leaked out of the not-so-correctly inserted cassette…and Branch was not accepting any responsibility for assisting in this area!! Dave had to flush out the compartment and in doing so flooded the van. Rosie had raced to the shops the next day for disinfectant (hospital grade of course), air freshener, bleach etc etc to nuke the contaminated surfaces….and Dave who apparently has never changed a dirty nappy has still not recovered from his noxious experience!!

On the topic of all things cleaning, Gordie then confessed that he did not shower for 3 days at a time in order to save up his allocation of water to wash the Titan….Kerry has blamed this change in behaviour on the new beard – since Gordie grew it he has gone from showering twice a day to only intermittently for undisclosed periods of time….

Rosie did a repeat pedi for Trev whose feet were starting to become smoother than a baby’s bottom – much to Gordie’s envy!!

Our last night in Newell before heading down the coast on the long journey home – hard to believe we have been gone for 10 weeks!!