After reaching the highest point of our coastal trip – the Whitsunday Islands –  it was time for us to leave the comfort of the seaside hotel, to hop on the camper van and slowly but steadily head back home. Cape Hillsborough Beach was just 1.5 hours away but we couldn’t make it on time for the sunrise and for the heaps of kangaroos using the early morning tide to feast on mangrove seed pods.