We drove towards the coast again and went through the town of Ayr - a good sized, good looking town. We had our lunch at Alva Beach. We considered stopping here but we weren't that impressed with either the beach or the caravan park. Decided to drive on a bit further, so back through Ayr and then Home Hill. Home Hill has a free camp site which is actually a road running behind the main road next to the old railway line. And there were plenty of caravans lined up along the road. A bit weird for us. A short drive out of Ayr we saw a turn off signed as World War II site. On a small hill surrounded by cane fields were 2 half round concrete bunkers. There was plenty of room for us so we camped the night. Good views and nice and quiet - except for one car that came to visit about 9pm, did a lap around us and (happily) left again just as quickly.
Late in the afternoon, we noticed the first of what would would be several fires in the cane fields. We were told in the Sugar Cane museum at Innisfail that the practice of burning the cane crops was uncommon nowadays. So much for that idea around Home Hill. Still it was good entertainment in the dusk and early evening.
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| Our camp site next to the World War II bunker ruins |
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| Views out across the cane fields |
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| Fires in the cane fields |
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| Where there's smoke, there's been another fire |
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