Thursday 14^th June – Rollingstone
(You could call this place Bonney Doon - "Ah. Feel the serenity)

As you can see we have moved from Townsville. We have not seen Mick Jagger but if you want rock, you have come to the right place. Elton John isn’t here either but more of him later.

We arose early and took off for points North. We travelled all of 60km before we setup for the day, and here we are in Rollingstone. This is caravan park of the beachfront and we have a beachside site.

As you drive in for 5kms from highway, the end of the road is the park. There are no cars driving past or shops! We neglected to buy bread so Adrian drove back to shop for some. It is expensive here but beautiful. As I sit here on the grass I see sand, the sea, lots of sandbars, tide rolling in and islands in the distance. There appears to be a natural breakwater made of stone and coral we think.

We have been for a walk along the beach and were amazed by the number of rocks on the beach.

Rockin' on the beach

After paddling and walking out as far as possible on sand bars[no surf because of islands] we get to other end of beach on our walk and discover signs saying don’t go in water because of crocodiles!

Crocodile Rock

There seems to be a creek/ swamp next to park. There are lakes in middle of park we think are grey water areas. The place appears to have its own sewerage plant. We are about 50 kms north of Townsville.

The Elton John connection is to do with a sign we have just seen when we went for a little walk around the park. One we hadn’t seen on the whole trip. See the photo.

We will probably only stay here for 1 day