I have been a bit slack with the blog since we got to Airlie Beach on Saturday - main reason being that we have not been doing very much.
Saturday - we arrived at Airlie Beach and booked in at the Seabreeze Caravan Park which is in Cannonvale and in a great location - close to the shopping centre and to the board walk into Airlie Beach. We didn't really like the park itself - the site they gave us was very dusty and there was a smell. The owners are working on updating the park but we decided that we would like to move and were fortunate that they refunded our money so we only stayed on Saturday night.
Sunday - we moved to Island Gateway Caravan Park which is 2.5 km from Airlie Beach towards Shute Harbour. Then we did a bit of shopping and settled down to read our books. We are much happier at this park and have met a nice couple from Cannonvale in Western Australia - originally for Yorkshire. There is a lot of bird life on this park - ducks, curlews, ibis and kookaburras . The ducks wander round all day and the curlews are just as noisy at times as they were in Palm Cove.
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| Just a few of the friendly ducks |
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| Curlews - strange birds almost pre-historic |
Monday - we went for a drive to Hideaway Bay and Dingo Beach. We had been told that seeing Montes at Hideaway Bay is a must. It was about 65 km from Airlie Beach and well worth the drive. Montes Reef Resort is situated at Cape Gloucester and overlooks Gloucester Island. We also had a look at Cape Gloucester Resort which was a little further on than Montes. Here there was a swimming pool and pool bar looking once again over Cape Gloucester and Edgecumbe Bay. We had lunch at Montes before returning to Airlie Beach.
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| View from Montes |
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| Gloucester Island |
Tuesday - turned out to be housework day and cleaning of the caravan and car. We spent the whole morning doing our chores then after lunch we spent a few hours down at the Lagoon in Airlie Beach. The Lagoon was opened in 2001 and attracts a lot of backpackers and children. It is a really good area surrounded by landscaped gardens.
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| Lagoon Airlie Beach |
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