Gismo Queen and her King

Maryborough to Inskip Point - Tuesday 18 June 2019

This is the kind of camping we like - a challenge to get into (well, Neill likes the challenge!), off the beaten track, not a soul in sight, the sounds of the waves crashing on the beach just through the bushes and a roaring campfire to warm us.

We had planned to leave Maryborough after elevenses, but after filling the cars with diesel, doing some grocery shopping and Neill filling a gas bottle it was lunchtime! So we had lunch in the sunshine before we left for an easy 103km drive out towards Rainbow Beach. There’s only a caravan park in Rainbow Beach and although I had researched the five campsites up the spit of Inskip Point, it was difficult to ascertain which of those would be suitable to get our caravans into.  Good old WikiCamps told me this one had accessible spots closer to the road so we thought we’d try here. It’s not that we can’t do off road (these vans were built for that!) it’s more the soft sand and what 3 tonnes of caravan can do in soft sand!!! Upon arrival, Jude went scouting for suitable spots on foot. Despite it being cool, not school holidays and mid week, there’s still plenty of people here. However, she found a great spot albeit with a few challenges - uneven ground, narrow entry but at least it had hard sand! So we backed in first, with Neill digging some holes for the high side van wheels even though we then also needed ramps for the low side. But we ended up perfectly level!! So we set up, and unhitched so I could get our car out of the way for Neill to back in. Their unevenness was more back to front so some more digging, especially for the jockey wheel and they ended up level too! And because of our keyhole shaped site, we can’t see anyone else else as we are surrounded by bush. Beers were cracked open, campfire started as we listened to the waves crash and watched the sun set, following by the moon rising over the ocean.

posted by Tracey @ 8:42 am