Qld - Mt Surprise

Bedrock Village Caravan Park

Mt Surprise is about 300 klms east of Cairns along the Savannah Highway.
Joe and Jo run this park and the minute you arrive you are welcomed and feel like part of the family. A delightful place to stay.
The caravan park is charming and the theme is “the flintstones”. The toilets are labelled “Fred” and “Wilma” and are large, modern and clean.
The spaces are large and drive through so it certainly makes parking a dream.
They also have a convenience shop. The restaurant serves lunch and the servings are generous.
Each night there is a cooked meal, usually around $14.00 per head. The night we ate there the meal was corned beef and vegetables. It was a dream come true as we arrived at the park late and cooking is always the last thing on my mind at that stage.
Friday night is “sing a long” around the fire with Joe playing the guitar. There is story telling and jokes to add to the entertainment.
From here you book your tours to the Undara lava tubes. We did a half day tour and found that adequate. Our Savannah guide did a wonderful job telling us about the history of the volcanoes as well as the plant and animal life in the area.

Garnet St,
Mt Surprise 4871.
Ph: 07 4062 3193
www.bedrockvillage.com.au

Qld - Cairns

Cairns Coconut Holiday Resort.

This is an amazing caravan park on the southern outskirts of Cairns. It is like a mini town and has everything you need for a holiday without leaving the park. We chose this park to stay at as we had our three grand children flying up to visit with us for a week.
The park has two swimming pools, hot spa, mini golf, two huge jumping pillows, play ground for children, a teenage play area, table tennis, tennis, peddle go carts for rent, a video room and I’m sure more that we didn’t utilize. Every thursday morning they have free pancakes, coffee, tea and juice for everybody. The pancakes are massive and fill your plate. You can go back for seconds or thirds.
Every second night there is outdoor movies and Mon, Wed and Friday mornings there is aerobics in the pool. The fire engine delights children with rides around the park three afternoons a week.
A small store is handy for a few grocery items and there is a restaurant for lunch and dinner.
The sights are spacious and the amenities block is large and clean. This resort also has a large number of cabins. We left our van here while we went up to Cape York and they charge $6.00 per day.
We enjoyed our stay here and stayed on for another three days after our grand children left.
This is a BIG 4 Park

Bruce Hwy and Anderson Rd
Cairns, 4870
Ph: 07 4054 6644 Freecall: 1300COCONUT
www.coconut.com.au



Cairns Holiday Park

Mike was going to be away for a week working so we moved to a park closer to town. We could ride our bikes into the city from here and we were also very close to the boardwalk where we often went for walks and rides along the water.
This park has a pool, a very large TV room, nice new amenities block, large camp kitchen and a small convenience store.
This park has a huge number of back packers and they seem to squeeze them on any piece of spare ground. There are also a few cabins.
As with both of these parks they will book tours for you and the buses will pick you up at the gate. It really makes being a tourist very easy.

This is a Tourist Park member.

12-30 Little St,
Manunda, Cairns, 4870
Ph:07 4051 1467 Freecall: 1 800 259 977
www.cairnscamping.com.au

Qld - Cooktown

The Endeavour River Escape is a 15 minute drive north of Cooktown close to the airport.
The property is a working farm with stud brahman and Clydesdale horses.
The camping areas are large, each surrounded by bush and trees for privacy and metal grates for your camp fires. Firewood is plentiful as the owner is constantly topping it up.
The shower block is new with benches made from wood felled on the property, and there is a lovely garden in both the male and female blocks.
The camp kitchen has huge wooden tables, chairs, sink, fridge and barbeque.
About 4 o’clock each day there is a guided tour which informs you about the history of the immediate area, the trees and animals found here and a great opportunity to meet other campers.
While here, we were recommended to spend a few hours with Willie Gordon, a local aborigine, on his Rock art tours. If you come to the Cooktown area his tour is a must. We had an enlightening day with Willie sharing his culture and ancient philosophy of his native people.
Guurrbi Tours 07 4069 6259
We stayed At Endeavour River Escape for three nights and could have easily stayed a week. It is so peaceful and lovingly maintained.

Endeavour River Escape
Barrett’s Creek Road,
Cooktown.
Ph:0740695084
www.endeavourriverescape.com.au

Qld - Bramston beach

This was another find from the Hema map.
This camp area is 24 km east of Babinda. Turn east off Bruce Highway 22km north of Innisfail at Miriwiini.
A delightful camping area with a view of the ocean. A lovely long beach where people were swimming but the crocodile signs scare me off.
The area was grassed, had hot showers and toilets, lots of shaddy trees and you could certainly stay here a few days at only $16.00 per night.

Hema site 10 from the Queensland sites.

Qld - Tully -Hull Heads

Hull Heads is a quiet area 21km SE of Tully.
You turn off the main road and drive through cane fields and arrive at the camp area on the mouth of the river. Not far off shore are the tips of Dunk and Bedarra Islands.
The camp area holds about 15 vans or tents and costs $12.65 per night and is run by the coast guard. There are barbeques, tables and chairs set up beside the river, hot and cold showers and toilets.
We sat on the river banks watching the fishermen coming and going, the sun setting and enjoying a barbeque and a nice bottle of wine.
What more could you ask for. Fantastic!

Hull Heads Recreation area
Hema map Queensland site number 20
07 4066 9300

Qld-Townsville

Rowes Bay Caravan Park

This park is on the north side of the city and across the road from the beach. The park has a small pool and a lovely clean and new amenities block.
The park does not take reservations so you need to put out the positive vibes that there will be a space for you. If you call in the morning they will put your name on a list.
We rode our bikes every day into the city along the fantastic Strand. Every city needs one of these. Bike and walking tracks, restaurants, play areas for the kids, places to swim, barbeques and lots of seating. Magic. We also rode our bikes north to Palleranda (about a 13 k round trip) which passes the golf course along the way. A very popular bike and running area. There is bike tracks most of the way.
Our sites were $30.00 per night.

Rowes Bay Caravan Park
Heatley Pde, Townsville 4810
Ph: 07 4771 3576
www.rowesbaycp.com.au