We stayed two nights at Bluewater Creek, a freebie 25 kms north of Townsville, a pleasant place with lovely park, children's playground, a short walk in the bush withactivity equipment included for bigger kids. It's right next to Bluewater Creek, which is actually blue, we believe because of the leaves of a particular tree falling in and decomposing. There are a couple of other creeks in the area of similar shade. The campsites are level but the area is very popular so you have to get there in the morning to grab a site when someone else moves out. No power but water available.
From there we moved to Toomulla Beach, another pleasant freebie a little further north. There are four of these council run parks, each with 48 maximum stay, and they are a credit to the council. This one is next to the beach and the only downside is the number of mosquitoes, with mangroves nearby there's not much you can do about it.
Yesterday we drove up the mountain, the most tortuous access to the Great Dividing Range that we've come across- 17 km of winding narrow road, to reach Paluma, at nearly 3000 ft above sea level. The views over the sea and the islands are simply magnificent. I'd been there with my sister 10 years ago, and remembered a pleasant lunch in the area, Unfortunately the only food establishment in the village, though it sported a sign saying it was open from Monday to Sunday, was closed, so we had to go back down the mountain and return to the vans for lunch, as we hadn't taken much food with us.
In the afternoon Chris, Marg and I returned to north Townsville to do some grocery shopping - we also picked up a part for John at Bunings and some wine for Mick and Eve, a nice Adelaide couple we'd met here. There are no shops to speak of between Ingham and Townsville, although there are small towns in between- the inhabitants have to go to Townsville, too.
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