Mt Carbine 27th June

Saturday 27th June 2009 Mount Carbine Village and Caravan Park

Mount Carbine

Today is going to be clean up time. I spent until 2.30pm cleaning the car inside and out. Red dust had penetrated everywhere .The vacuum cleaner worked overtime getting the roof lining, seats and vinyl cleaned up. I knocked out as much of the broken rear window as I could, cleaned it out and removed the glass fragments before taping black plastic over the back as a temporary measure until we can get into Cairns for it to be replaced .Beatrice took advantage of the washing machines and the clothes line to catch up on a couple of weeks of much needed washing as most of our clothes were covered in dust as well.
At 4pm we met up at the office as Robert the operator of the park invites anyone who is interested in hearing about the history of the area and for a walk through the bush and the rocky hills to point out the various trees, bushes and wild life. What a knowledgeable person he is. We sat around the table on the front lawn and went through all the different minerals that had or are being mined in the area. I wish I could remember it all; however it was interesting to hear that a very large pastoral station of about 4500 hectares was sold about 4 years ago to the government and is now dedicated to the preservation of Australian wildlife. Members of the James Cook University stay for a period each year and record every, plant, tree, and wild life in the area. I think we were told that at least 30% of all the birds in the country can be found here.