Day 3 19th April, 2021
I passed the night at the campsite listening to the rain. Not at all concerned as it was light and intermittent. Camping by a creek does make you listen more but it didn't seem any water had been up to the tent site for a long time.
My aim today was to get to Ayton and beyond and camp at the beginning of the CREB (I think CREB stands for Cairns Regional Electricity Board) track. A lot of the walk diverts down these power pole access tracks. The distance planned was about 24 kilometres.
The days started ok with intermittent showers. I didn't don any rain gear as it is still fairly warm and you just sweat buckets inside. I should have put the pants on at least as it diverts the rain outside of the gators and boots. As the rain got heavier I was thinking about it and then the heavens opened and it was too late. I had to quickly bag those things like my phones and notes which is why there are not too many photos and I reckon after about 15 minutes Hughie had poured a bucket of about 20mm on me and it had wicked its way down my pants to my socks. Now whilst I have lived in North Queensland before you forget about the rain. I reckon I got Perths July Average over the next 2 hours.
I passed the night at the campsite listening to the rain. Not at all concerned as it was light and intermittent. Camping by a creek does make you listen more but it didn't seem any water had been up to the tent site for a long time. 
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