Midge Point

While we were staying at Cape Hillsborough, we drove to Midge Point to suss out the park and the area. We passed through Calen where the Calen store is. Last time we were here, we watched Dean Luken lift for gold in the super heavy weightlifting at the Olympics being held in Los Angeles.Calen store has not changed since then although unfortunately the prices have. In those days you could buy anything from a rabbit trap through to the wick for a hurricane lamp and that hasn't changed. the photos say it all...Went out for dinner to the local tavern where the menu was all that you could ask for. Chicken seafood was Marg's choice and I went for the Death by Garlic steak with seafood...all delicious.Our W.A. friends drove us to calen again yesterday to the store and then the butcher.On ouir return, we drove out to the failed Laguna Quays project and spoke to a guy at the marina who seemed to know a fair bit about it. The project fell over after spending an initial 400million and what has been done so far is fantastic. It is a great pity though to see 200 self contained, luxury units sitting vacant. Fishing has at least, been  attempted with a similar result to that from Seaforth. Tomorrow we move on through Proserpine to Hideaway Bay, along from Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour. It was described to us as "imagine Airlie Beach without the backpackers." The brochure shows pristine white beaches and boasts good fishing as well. We shall see.