Continuing our beach hopping up the coast, we decided on Taylor’s beach. We were slightly apprehensive due to it being described as the perfect fisherman’s beach along with a few bad reviews about mosquitoes being intolerable so were half expecting a mangrove swamp. We were pleasantly surprised. Yes there were mangroves, yes we did have a patch of them behind our campsite and yes it was a little swampy back there, however the mosquitoes were tolerable, the campsite lovely and the beach and lagoon was beautiful.
As with all campsites up here at the moment it was busy but we managed to score the last powered site which in our minds was the best as it backed onto a little unpowered park area which other than one semi permanent resident was vacant. We set up shop and went out exploring the town.
The town consisted of a few blocks of tidy homes which backed onto a tidal inlet. So more a river mouth rather than a beach with the other side being visible a few hundred or so metres away. The river front was sandy and has a lovely walkway with BBQs, benches and fishing rod holders which we thought was a good touch. The beaches up here are not as picturesque in the traditional sense as the sunny coast beaches with the perfectly white sand but are more wild and natural where the sand meets the trees. Much more interesting to explore.
Views from the foreshore out to Palm Island and Orpheus Island 
Australia has a fascination with big things. Here is the big crab. 
Walks along the beach 
View back into the inlet
During our stay we managed to walk the beach at low tide which meant we could nearly make it all the way across to the other side. We could have easily swum across but after a chat with the local fishos (water police who check to make sure people are only keeping fish that are the right size and breed and for crabs sex and size) we were def not swimming due to the usual croc warnings. Funnily enough there is a swimming net and apparently the croc doesn’t go in there. You wouldn’t catch me swimming in there!
Slightly different view from the day before due to the low tide 
The tide was so low we could check peoples crab pots 
Armies of soldier crabs
We did a day trip into Ingham which was only half an hour away, mostly to visit the Italian deli that was the sister store to the one in the Burdekin. After picking up a beautiful antipasto plate we took a drive to Wallaman Falls which was touted as the longest vertical drop waterfall in Australia. We were being cheeky again as we had Griff with us and the waterfall was in a National Park but we had read that the falls were a very short walk from the car park so off we went.
Ingham like the Burdekin is sugar cane country, though they do not irrigate their cane as their annual waterfall is higher. We drove through fields of cane, into cattle paddocks and then slowly started climbing up the range on a winding road. The scenery quickly changed from Eucalyptus and gums to tropical dense rainforest. The temperature also dropped several degrees as well. Cassowary signs also started to appear so we were very excited. Unfortunately we did not see one this trip but as we are on the Cassowary coast, we should 🤞hopefully be able to tick this one off our bucket list sometime soon.
On arrival at the falls we tag teamed so someone was with Griff while the other ventured for a look at the falls. A very spectacular sight to see! The drop from top to bottom was around 260 metres and by the time the water reached the bottom it was almost mist, creating a wonderful rainbow. Both of us were very impressed. There was a walk you could do to get to the bottom of the falls but although Tim is increasing his walking distance, this was well out of reach.
Back home we spent another day just lounging and beach walking. Griffy is loving the walks and the fact that he is always with us. His favourite spot now is not in his bed but wedged under the camper trailer. There has been a few times where we have had him off the lead and we have thought that he had slunk off but after calling his name he slinks out from under the trailer. Unfortunately his little body is really starting to show his age but we are managing that with a multitude of drugs and he will live to fight another day and investigate yet another beach! S