(2/10/2017 – 3/10/2017)
On Monday morning we packed up and drove out towards the coast to Mena Creek (located south of Innisfail/north of Townsville). It was another lovely scenic drive of banana plantations, rolling hills, trees and lots of farms.
Here we stopped at Paronella Park – The Story of a Spaniard’s Dream! Continue reading “Queensland:- Paronella Park, Mena Creek”
(25/9/2017 – 2/10/2017)
Since we had quite an expensive week in Cairns we decided to do some free camping so we looked at a couple of free campspots at Lake Tinaroo. After speaking with council staff we found out that a sign had been posted saying that ‘caravans are not suitable’ to where we wanted to camp so we ended up booking at another caravan park called the Lake Tinaroo Holiday Park (stay 7 nights pay for 5). The holiday park is located across the road from Lake Tinaroo. Well, what a little gem of a place this was!!!!!
(18/9/2017 – 25/9/2017)
We left Port Douglas on Monday morning and followed the coast road down, just glorious views again looking out to sea!!!! Of course, we stopped for our mid morning cappuccinos!!! We arrived in Cairns and checked into Ingenia Cairns Coconut Holiday Resort for 7 nights!! Our Cape York travelling companions, Daniel and Stacey were also staying here and we managed to get a grassed site next to them. The kids were all very happy to see each other again!!! We unpacked and set up and then headed down to the pool for a late afternoon swim.
(14/9/2017 – 18/9/2017)
Caravan…… Oh our sweet Caravan……. How I love our caravan!!! LOL LOL As much as I enjoyed the camping trip to Cape York and back, I must admit I was happy to be back in the caravan. It was tiring setting up and packing down everything all the time, plus the early starts and not sleeping well on an inflatable mattress through the night took its toll. A couple of weeks camping was enough for me!!! Sooo looking forward to having a good night’s sleep in a proper bed!!!
(13/9/2017 – 14/9/2017)
We left Endeavour Falls Tourist Park, Cooktown and continued south and stopped at the Lions Den Hotel at Rossville for lunch. What a great old Aussie bush pub and its also a camping spot as well. For a gold coin donation you can write your name on the walls in the pub. The whole place was covered with names and dates, etc, and the only place we could find with enough room to write Laughtons Living Life was on a fluoro light cover over the pool table!! Cool!! (And yes, Mitchell wanted another photo with the lion!!!)
Laughtons Living Life 