Day 67 – Friday 24 September 2021 –  ?Km

Today was another trip into Airlie Beach, last time we spotted a Hungarian Street Food stall & decided to visit it for lunch, they are only open Thursday to Sunday from 11am. We parked near the Whitsunday Sailing Club, so of course, I had to go & have a closer look at it. There were some very large white Bird of Paradise flowers out the front, beautiful. There were a few Pacer sailing boats on the lawn out the front on the shoreline of the clubhouse. There is a very large children’s playground nearby and it has some very tall climbing shafts & long twisting slides down. There are lots of people at the picnic tables inside the park grounds. 

There are so many flats & apartments built on the hills overlooking Airlie Beach. We were at Airlie Beach 16 years ago, everything is so different from the sleepy little beach side town.  Busy shops & restaurants, I suppose it is progress.  The walk along the beachside esplanade is very pretty with the line of palms lining the walkway & the path is not too busy with tourists yet.

The Hungarian Street Food stall opened at 10.30am so we walked straight in & had a chat with the owner as we ordered some Langos (Hungarian fried bread dough), pocket Langos (Hungarian fried bread dough pockets with bacon, cheese), then for dessert, the Kurtos kalacs (Hungarian chimney cake) and a Chimney cone with custard & ice cream. It was all very delicious. As we were sitting there we were amazed at the number of people that came in to sample the Hungarian fare. She was very busy serving & cooking all by herself.

On the walk back to the car we walked past a coffee shop & someone called out to us, it was our Kimberley Karavan Neighbours from the camp at Yungaburra, Hans & Chris. We sat & had a good chat with them before heading back to the car and off on a short drive around some other parts of Airlie Beach, felt disappointed that we couldn’t drive to the beach PRIVATE ROAD, I suppose that is progress too. We then drove back to our camp at Proserpine & both had a nap, very unusual for us, I think we had to sleep off all the great Hungarian food.

At afternoon tea it was time for a coffee & we finished off the remaining Kurtos kalacs, yum. We called & had a chat with some Canberra friends, everyone we talk to tells us DON’T COME HOME, they are still locked down.  Worst still we have to drive through N.S.W. where they have a lot of Covid cases.  In Queensland we are free to go everywhere, don’t even have to wear a mask.  The border was closed down before the Covid could spread.

 It is time for dinner then a game of cards, Ron won so it is a great day for him. Another great day.