We could hardly contain ourselves all day in anticipation of the Toad Races. The day started with torrential rain. Stu had decided to hire an opentop buggy car for the day so we had to have the top on even though the sides of the 'car' were completely open. The 1st shower of the day was over by the time we reached our different destinations. Pam and Stu went for breakfast with the koalas and Ieuan and I to the WW2 Forts. We stayed dry until we reached the point where there was a koala and baby sitting on a branch near the pathway. Good chance for a pho-call except my glasses were steamed up on the inside and it started to rain again so there was raindrops on the outside and water dripping off the rim of my hat. Did manage a few good photos though.
The walk to the lookout posts and gunnery took about an hour and a half. The lookout was put there in 1942 to watch for Japanese ships coming down the strait possible to attack Townsville. However, the guns were only ever fired once and that turned out to be at an American ship.
The rest of the day was spent touring the island again only this time in the sun with the top down.
Have been tole that I have to go shopping now to get stuff for a BBQ later so the toad race event will be the next blog. Watch this space. If I can work out how to get photos onto the blog it will make it a lot more interesting!!
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