We traveled a massive 68km north out of Townsville before pulling in to Rollingstone Beach Caravan Resort. This park is absolute beach front; when you drive down the road to the park it ends by you driving in to the park gates, no other traffic comes down this way.
This is a Big 4 so no dogs allowed, it is also quite expensive ($240 to $280 per week less big 4 discount if you are a member) but after the Townsville rat race we decided on some peace and quiet. We arrived on the Friday morning but come the evening there was quite a few in the park; seems like it is a favorite with the locals (Townsvillians etc) for a weekend getaway.
Come Monday morning the park had about 5 or 6 vans/camper trailers so back to the quiet. The amenities here were spotless and so was the huge BBQ/camp kitchen area. All the sites are very big and some are capable of taking 2 – 3 camper trailers (happy family types). Be prepared to do bugger all here as there is literally bugger all to do; the general store at Rollingstone is 7km away and close to this is a BP service station and the Rollingstone pub.
Another part of Rollingstone is the Mystic Sands area (12km from the park); this has a fish & chip shop, golf club and community hall. At the community hall you can do line dancing on Tuesdays and play carpet bowls on Wednesdays, Linda went to the Wednesday bash and I stayed back at the van (thanks very much), I don’t think my poor old ticker could stand the stress and strain of carpet bowls and I almost broke into a sweat thinking of the line dancing (Yee Ha).
Our site above right on the beach, the road in front is one of the many that circle the park for access to sites all of which are grass but well maintained (no slabs here).
The above picture was taken at about 5.30am; it is a gazebo which was just opposite us, it was a great place to have breakfast and also had a small BBQ separate from the camp kitchen.
The free-form pool is very big and has a nice easy beach access for the oldies and kids. Linda enjoyed it (yes, that’s her) especially after the Sunday when all but a few buggered off.
Found this “Thong Pole” at Mystic Sands; there was a sign nearby that said “donations accepted”. As you can see at the base of the green bush some have been donating more footware but I am thinking the owner of the pole may have preferred cash.
You can see by the above sign that the Rollingstone pub is doing it’s bit to stamp out passive smoking; they must have a close relationship with the bloke upstairs to guarantee the correct wind direction.
I did say in my last post I would show you my nuts but first I have to get them out; this is a bugger of a job and I can see why they give the bloody things away as it is quite difficult to get the husks off.
Well here is one of my nuts (what was you expecting!!!); I was too knackered to get the other one out but it would look pretty much the same with maybe a slight difference in size, colour and fluid content (it still would be quite hairy though).
Hope you all enjoy the read and are fit and well; we are currently at Kurrimine Beach (another quiet location) and enjoying ourselves. We will be in Cairns on the 7th May so will post this location (Kurrimine) then.
Keep smiling and safe travels.
Love & warm regards – David & Linda – The DavLin Rig
