On the edge of the ''one horse'' settlement of Corfield Queensland.
Telstra provides good connectivity in most place names, just out of town it fades away. A public phone is often found installed. Also the correct mobile hand set or correct settings seem essential.

Wedding bells a la Port Douglas in the far north.

Cardwell with Hinchinbrook Island is the first close glimps of the South Pacific Ocean again.
Swimming pool was good, a far cry from the cold snap in Newcastle and the south I heard about and which we outran from last Saturday onwards. 

The only photo in the circumstances.  The flat cotton fields left behind and on to the central tablelands of the sunshine state, about 1500 ks from Newcastle almost on the Tropic of Capricorn but you'd never know it for  the night was very very chilly.
Carnarvon National Park was by passed this time but it is a very interesting one well worth a visit.