Home Hill, Airlie Beach, Seaforth

Spent a week at Ravenswood - pay 5 and get 2 days free. Lovely break from travelling.

On to Home Hill showgrounds - $15 powered or $12 unpowered. Kiwi couple running it and met another kiwi couple there as well. The free camp behind the Comfort stop is VERY popular. Was full by 2pm. The rest area at the southern end of town is also used as an overnighter it seems.

Stopped at a roadside fruit truck and tried a dragon fruit - deep red and delicious. I hear on the radio that they grow like a weed and climb trees so that even if you kill the base they can still live off their aerial roots!

Stopped at Lake Proserpine Kanga Camp for one night. More of a kids school camp with cabins but OK. No view of the lake - it is further down the road. Had an interesting drive in. Stupid GPS! Took me along Up River Rd then wanted me to ford a river. Seal ran out and a good dirt road took me through cane fields then through a paddock to a Water treatment plant. Luckily there was a man there who said I take the rocky ford over the river and go through the gate back to the right road. Had a look and decided that it was simply not sensible with a caravan. Steep dirt track up to the gate etc, so went back to Spruce Road and over the river to the Crystal Brook road.  The camp gets many phone calls from lost campers - maybe a sign on Spruce Road would help!

Stopped at a CP in Airlie Beach for 3 days. So many backpackers in town. Much bigger than I expected and plenty of shopping. Big apartment blocks hanging on the hillsides. Treated myself to a Hot Rock seafood lunch one day. Stayed an extra day as there was heavy rain! Was thinking about doing something here with my granddaughter but all so expensive and geared for young adventurers, diving, sailing or flying. Even to go see crocodiles will be $200!
Spent a few days at Boulder Creek with friends. Have traded my soprano Uke for a tenor one - much easier to play so lots of music here with 2 other players.
Had 2 weeks gramping with my granddaughter. A week at Lake Elphinstone (new toilet block) and several nomad friends who adopted her. Weather was a bit temperamental for a few days but managed a campfire and cooking. Then a lovely quiet drive on up via Collinsville and back into madness from Bowen down to Glen Erin Farmstay CP 10 km south. Lovely spot. Communal campfire, and damper every evening for Happy Hour. Spent 4 days there. A few hours in Bowen - haircuts etc. and found a graphic place - finally got 'branded' with La Vida!

Then a night at Airlie Beach CP and another at Boulder Creek. Heavy rain that night and the creek is a bit cold for swimming! Has been fun having someone to play cards with.
Back at Seaforth for a few days catching up with washing and getting the caravan 'back to normal' ready for wandering south again.