When we woke up, Darren went down the street to swap over the gas bottle while I started to pack the van. Thomas had wanted to hire a pedal car to drive around the park since we had got there, so this was his chance. We signed the form at the office and he was off and racing around the park. Before long, Mitch saw how much fun he was having and was off to hire one of his own. When the van was ready to go, the boys put back the pedal cars and we were on our way.
We arrived at Bowen at lunchtime, and called in to the Tourist Information that was located at the big Mango. It didn’t take long for the guy to talk us in to staying at Bowen for a couple of days, so we found a park and set up the van.
After having some lunch we grabbed our bathers and snorkelling gear and headed for Horseshoe Bay (the tourist info guy had told us that there was some coral that was accessible from the beach). As soon as we got there we hit the water and headed for the coral. Unfortunately the water was a bit choppy, and this made it not very clear for snorkelling, so we just swam around for a while.
There was a rocky area along the side of the beach that reached out to the point. We decided to go for a walk over the rocks and admire the view from the point. The rock pools on the rocks were full of white salt where the water had evaporated in the sun. Maybe the water here has a higher concentration of salt....This would explain why they have a salt plant in the town.
When we left Horseshoe Bay we went for a drive to see all of the other beaches in the area, as well as the Esplanade (which has no beach, just mud flats), and then back to the van for tea. We decided to watch the movie Australia, because it was filmed in Bowen.
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