1770/Agnes Water

We camped at a sandy campsite with cold beach showers next to the surf beach at Agnes Water. It was the long weekend so there were lots of people there and we saw a few "Wicked Campers" with a bunny, a moose and Snoopy spray painted on the sides.

1770 is a town (next to Agnes Water) where Lieutenant Cook (I wonder when he became Captain Cook) first landed in Queensland.  We went to the monument above where he actually came ashore.

We swam at the beach, walked to the lookout and the Marina. In the park there was a sign that told us what the aborigines thought when the white guys landed.  They thought that one of them (Cook) was clever because he collected food, like the Burdekin Plum, that you could eat but the other one was stupid (Joseph Banks the botanist...plant guy) because he only collected plants that you couldn't eat or use for medicine and he got bitten by ants. OUCH!

In the park we saw a little boy who fell off the slippery dip stop breathing!....but he started again luckily. Then another little boy tried to kill Will.  He was dribbling from his mouth and started whacking Will with a stick.  Dad had to rouse on him and his mother.  They impressed us even less when they left their chip packet and coke can on the seat after they left.