Denise and Barry's Caravan Travels: September 15, 2019

Friday, September 20, 2019

Agnes Waters and Tannum Sands

We left Bargara after spending six weeks there and we are already looking forward to next year. Our next stop was Agnes Waters, which is located halfway between Bundaberg and Tannum Sands Gladstone. It makes a great meeting place to catch up with our QLD family while we are at Bargara and for them to come and visit while we are there for our week. The caravan Park at Agnes is ideally located right on the beach and walking distance to the township and eateries.

Our neighbours from home Sue and Mike are at Agnes the same time as us, we enjoyed time on the beach swimming and body boarding along with the relaxing happy hours never lost for something to talk about. We introduced them to the game of Sequence, Sue and I made a good team thrashing the boys both evenings that we played. Agnes is another great place for riding the bikes with a good bike/walking track out to 1770 which just happens to pass the Marina at 1770 where you can get the most wicked vanilla slices. Looks like Baz and I will be a little rounder when we get back. Our time there went much too fast and now only leaves us three weeks before we need to be back in Melbourne to catch the Spirt back home to Tassie. How lucky are we that we get to spend our winters in QLD every year, looks like poor old Tassie had a cold miserable winter this year, glad to have missed it.

Finally made it back to Jason’s at Tannum Sands, here for five nights before we head south. Always lovely to spend time with them as Liv and Archie are growing up so very fast. They now have a dog which is called Thor, Thor is a Groodle (Golden Retriever/Poodle) now only three month old. A very big puppy for three months, thinking he will grow to be a very BIG dog. While we were there it was maintenance time with a car service, hair cut and colour also a massage, I think she may have been a little rough with the massage as I had a very sore back for a week after!! Our last day at Tannum was Sunday with time spent down by the river with Jason having a dive while Archie tried his hand at fishing. Next is was up to Canoe Point which is a lovely family park with barbecues and room to play only trouble was wood barbecues,, and there was a total fire band. It was back home to get the gas cookers to do our egg and bacon rolls. Lucky I took my little butane burner up as Jason’s was out of gas! (How unusual) Finally lunch was cooked, then off down to the beach for Archie to try out his early birthday presents that we gave him, a foamie surfboard and cricket set. It was a lovely way to spend a family day, later that evening Jase and Neat went off to the pictures to use their Gold Class tickets while they had babysitters.

Agnes Water Beach

Enjoying the sun and surf with Sue and Mike

Liv and Archie with Thor

Just a big Teddy Bear

Disco night at school Archie won a voucher
for best dancer

Lake Redbrook, Tannum Sands and Bargara

How slack am I this year! It has been quiet a few weeks since I have updated our blog, thought it was about time I did something about it, so here goes.
We spent a lovely four nights at Lake Redbrook Holiday Retreat that is situated in an idyllic cane farm setting, just north of Childers. We enjoyed a wonderful peaceful time there soaking up the atmosphere around the lake, beautiful walks, lots of animals and bird life. Happy Hour around the campfire with Gazza supplying yummy eats. We made the most of having a relaxing time there as our next port of call was Tannum Sands where family make the most of having us there, looking after grandkids, cooking and helping out around the house.

A phone call from Tannum “ will you be available Friday to do school drop off and pick up?” We hadn’t planned to get there until Friday, so we said ok we will arrived Thursday. Driving up The Bruce Hwy on the Thursday another phone call “what time are you arriving? Can you do school pick up?” Yes, will need a map of the school so we can find the classroom! Not only was it pick up but also had to have Archie at swimming lessons 30 minutes drive away, so it was all go straight up as soon as we arrived. Things didn’t get much better over the next couple of weeks a very busy life is led by our Queensland family.

Leaving Tannum Sands we back tracked south to Burrum Heads where we have a regular booking for three weeks. It was so nice to be settled there with our friends Maree and Brian, this year we were missing Christina and Eddie who stayed home in Tassie for family reasons. Hopefully all our group will be back on deck next year. We get asked what do you find to do when you spend time in one place, it is really not hard to do nothing! Burrum Heads is 30 minutes north of Hervey Bay so when you need a little retail therapy it is not too far to go into Hervey Bay or down to Maryborough. We find the time flies by each day by the time you have a chat to others in the park, go for a walk I also do quiet a bit of reading, thank goodness I have joined the library and download books to read as it was costing me a fortune buying them through Amazon.

Our next stop Bargara Beach for six weeks, we have now been here for five weeks and on count down now to the time to move on next week, where has that time gone?.There is always something happening around the park sometimes it gets a little hectic as we now know quiet a few regulars, also we have friends that stop in at the park to catch up as they travel north or south. The great thing about Bargara is the beautiful coastal track for walking or riding the bikes we find that we hardly use the Pajero while we are here as the township and supermarkets are all within walking or riding distance. The water temperature has been around the 20 degree mark so have enjoyed a number of swims unfortunately haven’t been able to get the old Baz in this year. We have managed to get in a few games of bowls since being here, was getting a little disappointed as always seemed to loose our games in the last end, finally had a win last week winning by just one shot.

While at Bargara we travelled down to Brisbane by train with our friends Cheryl and Greg to see the Fleetwood Mac concert, loved the concert, was a little worried when Mick Fleetwood was doing his drum solo that he maybe overdoing it a bit! We stayed at the Spire Residence which had this amazing infinity pool on the rooftop, made your bits tingle looking out at the view below. We also went to the Eat Street Markets a bustling market scene and was amazed how the stalls are fitted into old shipping containers, there is something for everyone with the 180 dining and entertainment stalls. Too many choices, luckily we were told to go there hungry.