Bowen

Saturday, 27 June 2015

Following a beautiful sunset last night, we waited and waited … but the expected stink was obviously a Thursday night special.

This morning was warm but quite windy as we set out for Bowen, with traffic much lighter than the previous days, but the scenery was very similar – sugar cane, scrub, dry grass and some mangos making an appearance as we neared Bowen.  With only two and a half hours to travel, we were at the Big4 Coral Coast Holiday Park well before lunch.

At last we are staying in a fully booked caravan park (only other one was Brisbane) and although we had booked, the only site available was a grass site in what had been the tent area.  With four sites in a square and sharing a communal drive, it was nice to have Matt’s assistance to reverse in – we are in the back corner, of course, with a nice fence outlook.  It was while setting up that Himself discovered a tightening knob thingy has unscrewed itself on the drive north and is now waiting on the side of the road for someone to find it.  A couple of guy ropes are holding one arm of the awning in place; we should be able to find a replacement in Townsville.  The afternoon was spent doing laundry (the windy conditions helped this dry very quickly), checking out the local Woollies and a long walk along the foreshore, through Hanson’s Park.  Unfortunately, the tide was at the wrong position for comfortable beach walking.

We are in Bowen for three nights – and have our fingers crossed that the wind will abate.  The caravan park is very nice and has absolute beach frontage, with some caravans having an uninterrupted view of the Coral Sea.