While we were staying with friends at Curra they took us for a drive to Tin Can Bay. On the way back to their place we detoured a little to see the old Dickabram Bridge over the Mary River. It was completed in 1886. It stands 23 metres (70 ft) high and is over 200 metres long. It is one of few rail and road bridges in the country. Rumour has it that the name is derived from Dick and Abraham the names of two early settlers in the region.
Recent floods were very bad and the river rose over the bridge and left debris on the fence of a park on the river bank.
There were workmen still clearing debris from the bridge. See the twigs stuck on the pylon. The story goes that when the bridge was being built workmen were filling these pylons with concrete. They used wheelbarrows to tip the concrete in. One poor sole went too close and he and his wheelbarrow fell in. Others hadn't seen it and kept pouring concrete in. He was never seen again.
We returned to our friend's house where we played cards well into the night and woke to another lovely sunrise. Taken through the window and fly screen.
