28th July Daintree Village

Breakfast watching the Olympic Opening... while packing up back into the bus. Car has the tow bar on and chained up to the bulbar. I need to turn the tow bar tongue upside down to clear the dip getting out the driveway (made that mistake getting in... ). Have ground about 2mm off the bottom of the tow ball thread along the way!
By 0930 we are ready to hit the road. Once both vehicles are outside, we hook the up. Only take a couple of minutes.
Short checklist: Connect the tow hitch to the ball - and padlock it! Connect the safety cable shackles - all 4. Check the hitch and R pins on the car end. Connect the lights - and turn on the power supply! Connect the brake cable - enable the override on the hitch. Transfer case in neutral - hubs in FREE(wheel). Key in ACC (steering unlocked). I can see the front indicators in the rear view camera - so check lights via Hazard switch is easiest. Done! Away.
Quick stop in Malanda to dump the household rubbish... B-Double detour around Atherton... which resumes the Kennedy Hwy at Tolga. We make a pi"t" stop at The War Memorial Park halfway to Mareeba - not as full as last time we went past, but heaps of vehicles... straight through Mareeba. Soon at Mt Molloy, Past the Rifle Creek free park - also with lots of campers. Turn right for Julaten - and down the hill...
We have decided to do the down hill windy bit as two vehicles so stop at the Golden Barramundi where we regretted not buying all they had last year!!! Maz spent $30 on a couple of kg of saltwater farmed barra... While I disconnected the Vitara - again hooked the tow bar up to the bull bar for the 10km down the hill. Still roadworks with one way traffic lights. I reckon they will be removing bits of mountain for another year.
At the bottom of the hill we hook up the Vitara again and find a park for a last minute shop at Mossman Woolies. 35km to Daintree.

The town/Village is busy - no parks so we head down to the bottom level of the CP. Lo and behold Sally (the owner) is yelling greetings at us, telling us that we know where to park. Like coming home! Great! So we disconnect again and are in!

28th July 2012 - sunset over the Daintree River!