East Coast Glamping!!

Well after rocky start we have had a great experience camping on east coast. After first van broke down before we had even left… leaving us stranded in Cairns for another night when already spent 5 nights there! On the Second day we finally got on the road at 15.30 after waiting around for a replacement. Finally got our original van after they had changed the broken fridge, but this leaked few days later and then the engine management light came on leaving us now stranded a few hours down the road in a caravan park. They upgraded us to a newer and bigger motorhome to keep us going for the rest of the journey down to Sydney. 

And I have to say its ace! This is my kind of camping…glamping! .

We have been to some great campsites on our way with superb pools, water parks, play areas, tennis courts, jumping pillows and outdoor cinemas are just a few to mention… not forgetting the ultimate beach front locations!

The tropical Northern Queensland where we have spent last 3 weeks have been very hot and extremely humid, but the weather has just turned slightly with occasional rain and storms as we have headed into Southern Queensland. Still over +30’C (reaching over40’C)!!

A great place for us was mission beach. Felt quite unspoilt and the water was the warmest we’d felt so far.

Townsville was packed with things to keep us busy, with waterfront lagoons to swim in or bustling evening markets. We took a steep drive up Castle Hill to get the best view. Felt like an episode from world’s scariest roads in our motorhome but made it up and down and the view was well worth it.

                                                                                      

Airlie beach was our next stop. A stunning waterfront lagoon and a real buzz as we wandered around town.

That said we stumbled on a real jewel in the crown when we quickly pulled off the road to sort out some lunch at a place called Clairview. Not a lot there (at all)! But stunning, eight to ten holiday homes sat right on the beach, truly beautiful.

Great to just pull over off the road and be right on the water’s edge.

A couple of nights stop at Yeppon, to recharge our batteries for the next drive down. Stunning coastline again!

We headed south hoping to pop in to 1770. A part of Australia’s history with Capt. Cook’s beach. However, the previous night’s storm put pay to that as the access road was flooded. That meant we had to drive further for a couple hours to finally find a campsite for an  overnight stay in Bargara. We found ourselves on the ‘Absolute Beach Front Campsite’ as the storm was hitting the shore! As you can imagine with a name like that we had an interesting night. Cute little town though.

As we made our way  to the sunshine coast we arrived at Noosa Heads, wow!  A stunning beach, clean, vibrant little town with lots of water sport activity. One of the best places we have stopped until this point. We could see why many people visited and never left.