(March 15-18) Stokes NP, Ravensthorpe, Hopetoun, Fitzgerald NP.

Stokes Inlet in the Stokes NP was a quiet restful place to stay.
Right on the inlet, which is tidal, but only opens to the ocean once every 7 years or so.
Beautiful paperbark trees right to the waters edge and a very shelly beach.

We did a few walks around the campsite (Benwenerup) in Stokes Bay, and along the edge of the inlet too. Beautiful fora to be seen, and all sorts of birds! Some we saw, some we only heard.

Corrugations!

So many on dirt roads into NP's and points of interest. Let's just say that the van is holding together but we are finding screws etc that need to be tightened or found and out back.

Tried our hand at fishing here and finally caught one! Thanks Jeremy :)
Off the rocks and from the Kayak. The rocks ended up being successful for us.

An elderly man camping there, John, gave us 4 other freshly caught and filleted and we had a super fresh meal of Black Bream for dinner one night.

Yet another beautiful 'school with a view'.

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The Moir family was one of the first to farm in the area. Ocean side of Stokes Inlet, along a very corrugated 4WD track to get here.

We found three beehives (this the smallest) in and around the Moir ruins. The other two were in buildings and we weren't game to get that close to get a pic!

This one is high up in the Moreton Bay Fig Tree

Yes it's the ruins of an old car still in the garage!

Further along the track from the Moir ruins was this STUNNING beach - Shoal Cape!

104 steps down and we had the beach to ourselves the whole time we were there- about 3 hours.

Super clear water! We could see a crab and many fish, but no success catching one.