We were off to Chilli beach. It was a national park campground and we hadn't had phone signal to book a site, but the rangers station was on the way so we would be able to book there.

Wrong, the Telstra tower was down so the ranger station had no internet or  phone. Fortunately a ranger came and suggested we could go into Lockart River and make a phone call from there.

This is a sunrise shot on the beach at Chilli Beach.

The beach is lined with a lot of coconut trees.

There is also an enormous amount of drift rubbish. A sign at the entrance does say how many tons of rubbish has been collected. It seems that it is the way the currents run that a lot of foreign and shipping rubbish end up on this beach.

Some one is keeping track of it every year they have a clean up where it is collected sorted and weighed.

Sunrise through the coconut palms.

Another day a different sunrise at Chilli beach.

So it may be the "Dry" but it does still rain - a rain squall while walking on Chilli beach.