Wendy, Paul & Geraldine
Venture forth straight onto the beach in the Krooooooozer, we found a magnificent spot, where we made camp, and just lazed in the sun, fed our bellies, in our little part of private paradise. Peter tried a bit of fishing, but has about as much patience as me, and lasted about 10 minutes.
Of course like all things the day started to come to an end, quicker than we all wanted it to….so as it happens, we broke camp and headed to Pete & Geraldine’s house at Bribie for a nice hot spa. Then the pizzas were made and settled in for a big night of State of Origin rugby league. Yes much shouting and cheering, and of course Queensland won the game and the series, much to my bride’s disgust who was and always does barrack for NSW……….traitor. However after two days we were already exhausted…..but so much fun was to be had….but it was time to move forth to our next stop, Rainbow Beach.
Having not being there before, so why not! Now not being a great lover of packed caravan parks, we sure did find one. “We now have a full house” was the greeting! We were directed to our site and progressively squeezed into a spot where we had a Britz Campervan not a meter from our drivers side of the van, and maybe only two or three meters from the other side, were move vans. The decision was then made that an overnight stay was about all we could handle in this environment. Yes the park was picturese, with the beach across the road. The amenitities were spotlessly clean, and all the visitors within our proximity were very friendly and helpful. We did notice that like all these parks, they are a haven of many who go to the same place from year to year, and all meet up year after a year. That’s cool, but we like the challenges of doing something different, and meeting new folks. I have no doubt this park would not be so crowded, out of season, when all the grey nomads return to their southern homes.
We went for a quick walk around the village, and although not large area, it was evident of a lot of building in the way of two storey apartment style complexes. It seems to me that the park we stayed in was being slowly eaten up by development, and I believe the park will no longer exist after the next five years. The park is actually surrounded on three sides by development and work in progress. It is a little off putting to hear first thing in the morning, cranes and the drone of construction. Naaaaaa time to move on!
But I will mention the Rainbow Beach Surf Club. This establishment provided us with a sensational evening meal at a good price. Highly recommended!!!!!!!
We had intentions of staying at Rainbow Beach for two days, and then head to Poona for a couple more, before arriving at our special camping area at Hervey Bay. As the weather was starting to change, we moved our plans forward and headed to Hervey Bay. This will be our home till the end of July, before heading back to Brisvegas for all of August to do a relief management gig.
More on Hervey Bay next episode.
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