27th August 2014 Lake Tinaroo Yungaburra

I had forgotten to say that we are at Yungaburra on Lake Tinaroo, the lake is a big one with lots of different areas to stay.
Last night we met a lady who wanted to play golf but her husband couldn't, back injury, so we decided to take her up to the Milla Milla golf course.
It was a sunny day and the course looked pretty good,  the lady, Betty, was a regular club member at Derby and was not used to hills, her club was completely flat and she was carrying her large bag of clubs, ours us only little.
We had a great time only done 9 holes as Betty was a bit worn out carrying the bag up and down the hills, it was the best game I have ever put in with a score of 55, Betty also got 55 and it was the first time ever that I have beaten Merv score. Then it was fown to the local cafe for hot coffee and muffin.
In the afternoon we took the canoes out on the lake, the lskehas lots of finger areas so we headed up one of those, it wasn't long before we were away from all noises apart from those from the rainforest.
As we were paddling along we were keeping our eyes open hoping to see a tree kangeroo, and luck was with us I noticed one as he was jumping from limb to limb, we were able to sit below it and enjoy watching. There was another small group of people with a guide so we called them over and showed them where the kangaroo was.
A bit further we came across a rather rare orange breasted kingfisher.
Being in those canoes it is so quiet it is easy to sneak up on things.
The next thing was a snake, I was watching in close to the banks for platypus or turtles when I saw the snake, we watched it go in and out of the water several times before heading up the bank.
Murphys law I didn't have a camera with me, it's a bit hard to keep mine dry in the canoe.
The canoes are great, Merv and I were talking and both agreed, if we had to leave anything behind at home boat or canoes,  it would be the boat.
Another cool night means another nice day tomorrow.