Wednesday it was raining again in the Sunshine state. We had the laundry outside to dry but at 6 am we had to get the laundry in. This was a perfect oppurtunity for an early start! So at 6.18 am sharp we tried to start the car but it didn't start. We tried to jump-start it but had no luck so we pushed the van to the camp-kitchen and called road assistance. The road assistance bloke suspected to much water caused the problem. To much water in the Sunshine state? No, impossible... (we didn't mention we took the camper-van through 30 cm. of water).
After a 2 hour delay and a nice breakfast in the camp-kitchen we finally started the 500 km. to Mission Beach with a stop-over for lunch in Townsville. Most of the way it was cloudy and raining. We stopped at a town to have a look at the postcards to see how it looks with a clear sky and blue ocean.
Mission Beach is a beautiful place where the the rainforest ends at a white sand beach with blue ocean but it was very quiet and lots of the local shops were closed. We bumped into a very small restaurant where the owner invited us to have our meal in between the bar and the kitchen. He made us a perfect roast with vegies, best meal we had so far in an awesome "restaurant". The "restaurant" used to be the garage, the rollerdoor was transformed into a bar and the front yard was his terrace. His philosophy is no menu (3 or 4 kinds of roast with fresh vegies every day), maximum 25 meals a day, no deep-fryer, 8 to 10 cans of beer while cooking and always close before 9 pm to go to the pub. Off course we went to his local pub with him, a beautiful place at the beach where he told us about Mission Beach and his restaurant.
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