Day 17 – Undara

We woke refreshed, although Lynn had not had too good a night. The first problem was to find the laundry – we did that after we’d had showers and dressed. Lynn put the washing on while I dropped the wheel and tyre off at the office. Rather than have the skirt bounce around or get stepped on, I put it back on. After the washing was finished and hung, we headed off to Undara. All went well until there was a little noise and I saw the skirt heading off backwards into the scrub. I stopped and we looked for it, but no luck. We pressed on to Undara, arriving before 10 for our 10:30 tour. I showed Lynn around a little and before long, we were off. 21 of us, with a guide, in a bus, drove to the beginning of the walk to the tubes. The explanation goes through the geological and the settlement history of the area. Finally we walked down the boardwalks to the tubes and the process of their creation was explained. We saw two tubes. After, back at the centre, we had a leisurely lunch and then headed back to Mount Surprise. At the area I had set (on a SatNav) for the loss of the skirt, we slowed and we both looked hard on the roadside. We found – plastic bottles, plastic wrap, guide posts, trees and plenty of other rubbish, but no skirt. After five kilometres of very slow travel on the verge on the wrong side and having success at finding everything else, I called it off. We returned to the park and the tyre was changed – we put it back on and Joe requested a donation for the staff fund, which I was very happy to give. After discussion, I will ring Katherine from Normanton to find either a Toyota dealer or a panelbeater to replace the skirt and correct any other damage. We returned to the site, Lynn collected the washing and I wrote up my blog. We had a cold tea and then retired to bed early.