At the moment we are finding it all a bit quiet, but after all, we are used to full on motels. Here we open the doors at 8.30am and close again at 6pm. No breakfasts, no restaurant.....just what the doctor ordered.
For those who are not to sure where Mapleton is, it is on the tourist route from Nambour to Maleny, traversing the Blackall Ranges.
Mapleton is the first town when going up the range from Nambour, then Flaxton, Montville, and Maleny. We at Mapleton are 13kms up the range from Nambour, with a drop of about 6 degrees from the coast, so when winter hits.....geeeeeezus, I'll break in half. However that's all part of the adventure.
Mapleton is much quieter than Montville, however has a neat little village, and a great pub. Montville is the trendy go get 'em tourist rant. Try to park along the street....forget it. Dropped the bride there the other day, she needed a lotto fix...and do you think I could park the Val.
From there you shoot along the top of the Blackall Rangers, with heaps of trendy B&B's. They tell us it's a lot like Tassie. Maleny is a bit bigger again...a little alternative, bit Byronish (30 years ago).
I will progressively take lots of pikkies as we go along. So enjoy a couple I have taken recently.
This is our camp at Mapleton
The front of the Mapleton Cabins and Caravan Park
More of the front
A trendy shop in Montville
Part of the main street of Montville
The view from the Blackall Ranges, looking towards the coast
Post some more pikkies soooooooon!
2 comments:
If I'm thinking of the same place Paul, we drove in there with our BT last winter but the only place they could put us was off to the left of the driveway and the ground was sloping a bit and quite a distance from a power outlet so we drove on to a free camp near the BT factory.
It looked a nice park though.
I like Montville, tho I agree it's a bit trendy. I could certainly live on Mountain View Rd in Maleny too. Looking at the Glasshouse mountains.
I hope QLD is recovering because we intend to be there in July/August.
cheers for now.
Hi Stephen & Robyn
Thanks for dropping by.
It probably was the same one, there are a couple of sites that are a little difficult.
As per the blog nice part of the world, so we will enjoy it during our time here.
Slow process the recovery thingy, it's going to take years. As soon as we finish this ""tour of duty" time to head west.
Keep in touch, when you reach this side, might catch up for a grog or twenty, if we aqre still here.
Cheers and beers
Us
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