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Not a very inspired travelling day today, as most things just went wrong - finding a dead (boiled) bug from my morning coffee was the start for the day. Area near Mackay is just littered with road works, and some vital signs were missing too.

Townsville

"Does fool ever learn?" Me, myself and route selections of mine ;-)

Wallaman Falls

I stumbled upon this one by chance, but the 50km winding ride up the mountain was well worth it.

Shortcut shown on map was only 150km, but it took rest of my day to navigate through it. As it were, the road was in development phase after Mt. Fox, and was peppered with 'Grid type bridges' - I hate them.

Scenic route

Slippery when wet? With due all respect, I didn't notice any difference...

Water falls of Millaa Millaa

Who said there isn't water in Australia? Apparently this is the most rainy area of A! Near Millaa Millaa and other towns in the area are plenty of falls and rivers, here's some of them. And the lovely fireplace of Tully Falls Hotel.

Large and small roads

It's important to pay attention to road conditition, be it the main route or a side road. And I'm avoiding the bad ones, they are a touch too much for me!

And yes, the 50m long road trains do drive here, on the one lane route between Normanton and Ravenshoe. The road sides are pretty soft when going over marshes...

Swamp thing

8.63m ! I bet there's its' bigger cousin still lurkin' at swamp...