LICUALA LODGE  -  11, Mission Circle, Mission Beach, Queensland  4852

Queensland Police are pretty hot on speeding, especially when entering and exiting small towns - be warned.
Answer the questions correctly and you get an extra biscuit/muffin on arrival. The directions start from the big structure in the middle of the Bruce Highway that has Farewell (To Townsville) on it - northwest of the CBD.

0 Farewell to Townsville, immediately followed by a roundabout. In a short while you should notice a large white pipe that runs parallel to the road. I'm pretty sure it is some sort of water pipe. The visible part runs for about 50 kms.
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Bohle River
Saunders Creek
Last set of Traffic Lights till you get to Ingham
Stony Creek
End of the Pipe - it goes up the hill to a big tank on the hill
Black River and the pipe starts again
Cats Only - A cattery, what else ??
Healy Creek
What is a Rusty Banana ??

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Road sign for Frosty Mango (R)
Althaus Creek and Deep Creek
Bluewater Creek
Pet Crematorium (R)
Two Mile Creek, Sleeper Log Creek, Christmas Creek, Liechhardt Creek
Murdering Point Winery Road Sign
Lilypond Creek, Cassowary Creek
Who owns a car lock-up in Cairns ?
Saltwater Creek, Station Creek, Surveyor Creek,Rollingstone Creek
Rollingstone Pub

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Hencamp Creek
End of the water pipe
Scrubby Creek, Ollera Creek
Left for Paluma
Lorna Creek
How many minutes to Frosty Mango ?
Last chance for Paluma
Crystal Creek
Frosty Mango - Great ice cream and exotic fruit for sale
Stony Creek, Byabra Creek, Figtree Creek, Mosquito Creek, Insulator Creek, Spring Gully, Eleanor Creek, Sawpit Gully, Gap Creek, Log Creek, Twin Creek
Waterfall Creek, Sullivans Creek, Sandy Creek and Jourama Falls
Waterview Creek
What must you Survive ?
Easter Creek
Helen Hill State School (R)
Driver Reviver - Free cup of tea or coffee (usually on long weekends and during school holidays)
Frances Creek, Cattle Creek
Village of Toobanna
Beware of major roadworks (till 2009 ??)
What is the name of the bridge over Trebonne Creek ?
Whose Lingerie ?
Tyto Wetlands Centre - a must for all Birders
The cinema is called the what Theatre ?

Visitor Infomation Centre
Kingsbury Creek
The John Row Bridge crosses which river ?
Ripple Creek
Lucinda (R). The longest jetty in the southern hemisphere - almost 6 kms. If you decide to go there you won't be able to see the end of the jetty. Lots of good fishing around the jetty.

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Seymour River
Arnot creek
Scenic lookout - excellent views of Hinchinbrook Island


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Lots of creeks for the next 30 or so kms.
Sunday, Waterfall, Fishers, Bridge, Scrubby, Porters, Muller, Conn, Blady Grass, Damper, Newmans, Clarkson, Broken Pole, Five Mile
Just on the left is the Five Mile Creek Swimming Hole. A pleasant little stop - especially if you like swimming holes.
Bluewater, Mary, Two Mile, Stoney and One Mile Creek

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Port Hinchinbrook
Cardwell  Plenty of servos here
Historic Cardwell Post Office
Big MudCrab
Meunga Creek, Sunbeam Creek, Lily Creek
Fruit and Veg shop/stall (R)
Czars Creek
Bairds Creek
Kennedy
Whitfield Creek
What are Yellow ??
Fruit stall
Dallachy Creek
Double Barrel Creek, Spring Creek and Deep Creek
If it is a long weekend or school holiday you may notice some Driver Reviver signs. Free cup of tea or coffee and biscuits.
Murray Falls (20 kms). Worth a look. The road is sealed apart from the last couple of kms (OK for all cars). Park at the camping ground and take the short boardwalk or the longer walk to the top of the falls.
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Corduroy Creek - Major road upgrade till at least 2009
Murray Falls (22 kms) - last chance
Lagoon Creek
Murray River
Euramo
The mighty !!Tully River
What sort of Oak do you pass through ??
Fruit Stall (R)
What are the initials of 'Your Local Bloke' ?
A set of totally useless traffic lights. Many ratepayers were not very happy at the local council spending a lot of money on these lights. One day I might understand how council makes decisions. If you do happen to turn left at these lights, you will eventually end up at Tully Gorge. Interestingly enough, there is a road sign on this road saying 'This is not the way to Townsville'.
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Tully Visitor Information Centre
Make the most of the Traffic lights as they are the last set of lights you'll see for a while.

 

As you may already know, there are lots of Big Things around Australia. Tully has got a big GUMBOOT. You can climb inside the gumboot (almost 8 metres) and you'll get a good view of Tully and the Sugar Mill. To get to the gumboot turn left at these traffic lights. Go over the railway and the creek (Banyan Creek). Tully Bowls Club is on the left and Tully Showground is on the right. The Sugar Mill is on the left and the Golden Gumboot is on the right at the crossroads. If you fancy yet another swimming hole, turn right just after Tully Showground - this takes you all the way to Alligator's Nest swimming hole (no, of course there are no alligators in the swimming hole. Would I tell you to swim in alligator-infested waters ?? Named after a local scout troop that used to camp there) - approx 6.8 kms.

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Railway station and Raging Thunder cafe.
Banyan Creek
How far from Tully to El Arish ??
 
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Banyan Creek
Merryburn Creek
Hoban's Creek
A house that reminds me very much of a cricket pavilion (R)
What sort of zone are you entering ??
Carmoo Creek
Silly Cassowary sign and Sugarcane Creek
Bikini Tree - Is now back (Aug 2006) sporting a pink and grey number. Many thanks to the person who made the bikini and put it back on the tree.
215.6 Sellars Banana Farm (R) These guys do tours of the banana farm a couple of days in the week, and you can also buy nice big bananas here - 6 for $1
Just put your money into the honesty box. What a bargain !!
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Another silly cassowary sign
Limbo Creek and Licuala State Forest
DO NOT TURN LEFT HERE - Keep going straight on !!
North Hull Bridge
Turning for South Mission - DO NOT TURN RIGHT HERE, carry straight on for Licuala Lodge
How far to the Jetty ??
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Police Station and School (R)
Watch your speed if it is a schoolday

A Roundabout !! In Mission Beach !! Completed in July 2008.
Woolworth's (R)
What do I and E Linnett do for a living ??
Medical Centre (R) Sue reckons it's my second home
Licuala Lodge road sign
Turn left into Mission Circle
Are we there yet ???? YES !!!