Agnes Water was my last opportunity (northbound) to go surfing, but the weather was so miserable I couldn’t find the motivation to leave Beachside Backpackers.
The rain stopped just long enough for me to hire a bike from the hostel and cycle 6km to the Town of 1770. It was even smaller than Agnes Water, and there was virtually nothing to it, but I visited the spot where Lt. James Cook allegedly set foot in Queensland for the first time, on May 24, 1770. It was marked by a monument.
On Wednesday, May 2, I got the overnight Greyhound bus to Airlie Beach, which was so uncomfortable I probably wouldn’t do it again.