South down the east coast from Cairns 1-10-22

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South down the east coast from Cairns 1-10-22

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Saturday 1-10-22:
I was camped at a great spot on the beach at Mutarnee and spent the day relaxing.

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Drone Video of the campsite > https://youtu.be/_eSfuW6CvZs

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Sunday 2-10-22:
Woke at strewth O'clock and noticed very faint light on the horizon, had seen smoke during the day so presume it was from fires on the island {Palm Island?} i tried opening the aperture and cranking the iso up with 30 second exposure.

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Relaxed around camp today as the weather is beaut.

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Monday 3-10-22:
Another day relaxing in camp, Had a very high tide this arvo so that stopped people getting in and me getting out.

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Tuesday 4-10-22:
With the tide still down i headed back to the highway and turned south stopping to check some sights before driving out to Lake Proserpine to camp.

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Wednesday 5-10-22:

The wind was still pretty strong and when i put the Drone up it gave a strong wind warning so i headed off to Notch Point hoping for better weather.
Nope, just as bad. Nice camp spot though, the amount of sand uncovered at low tide was immense.
It was a lot more protected down on the shore but i got good signal up on top of the hill so i camped up there.

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Video of morning flight at Lake Proserpine > https://youtu.be/A_mc0C4N4jo

Video of Notch Point > https://youtu.be/7hq9DdudqGk

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Thursday 6-10-22:
Spent the day relaxing at Notch Point, its an awesome spot.

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Video high tide> https://youtu.be/GeMOEENDVSs

Video low tide> https://youtu.be/auRA3SfUsvM

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Spotted someone else with great taste.

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Friday 7-10-22:
I was up early after about 4 hrs of sleep and hit the road again travelling down to Rockhampton when i bought some stuff and drove up to Mt Archer for a look around and have some lunch.

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I continued on to Calliope and made camp there above the river then fitted my new Fan to help keep me cool ... however, i actually had to wear a shirt this arvo as its starting to get quite cool as i move south.

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