Ayr

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The Bruce Highwaytook us on a drive south to Ayr, travelling through sugar cane fields where the crops come right up to the roadside. Narrow gauge tracks criss cross through the fields with lengthy trains taking their loads to the processing mills. The air was sickly sweet.



We took our lunch to Alva beach – a popular picnic spot overlooking the brilliant blue water. There was a fair size sand bank, possibly because of low tide, which was perfect for 4-wheel dune bikes as well as for fishing.



Back at Lazy Acre we went for an afternoon walk - at the back of the property, roughly an 800m walk alongside the more productive trees, there is a little creek bed. It is not flowing fully at present, but what water is running is ankle deep, clear and cool.

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