Living up here can be a real struggle sometimes and if we haven’t managed to break away from our daily lives Luigi and I both start to feel a little niggly and up tight with each other so this year we have made it our mission to escape attempt to escape more and explore what is around us. So every two weeks we pack a huge amount of crap into the back of the ute and randomly pick a location on the map and hit the road.
This weekend we were really unprepared we had it in our minds that we wanted to go away for the night but we just couldn’t get our little legs moving. So we slept in longer then we would, organised our gear and packed the car and then hit the road about 10am. We were driving through town and we still hadn’t figured out exactly where we were going but we had a vague idea and were tossing up between spots.
After a while we ended up decided that we would head up to Bowen. We had checked out the caravan parks online and they seemed really nice. We had never been to Bowen before but we had driven past the turn off many times and it always looked like a nice place to spot.
Oh boy were we in for a treat. We drove into town and it looked a little rough but we thought..ok, maybe it gets better? We drove all around town and did a bit of a drive by of all the parks {there was about 8} and it didn’t get any better. We looked at each other and said let’s get the hell outta Bowen and never come back.
Bowen was three hours from home and we didn’t want to go any further north so we turned around and drove an hour towards home and stopped at little place called Midge Point. We drove along the road past all the farms and in my head I kept repeating..please be half decent, please be half decent.
We came to the end of road and there we found the travellers rest caravan park. Nestled in the trees, filled with old people in caravans and smack bang next to the beach. We knew we had a winner with this one. We unpacked the car, set up camp and headed straight for the beach.
The beach holds some kind of magical power over my children and they could seriously play and wander all day. We were down the beach until the sunset and then back again as soon as the sun was up. I took over 200 photos in the short time we were there and each one is more magical then then next. If only I could share them all with you..if only you could come too.
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Tim
on Feb 21st, 2012
@ 1:37 pm:
I love the fact that you can pack up the car and drive to find such pristine coast. It look beautiful. I wish I had the time to do that.. Jeal! The kids look like they’re having a ball
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HI Tim,
We really do live in a beautiful part of the world. Well..except for Bowen
We are yet to make it over to any of the islands though so that is definitley on our list.
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Danielle says:
February 21st, 2012 @ 1:43 pm
Kelly
on Feb 21st, 2012
@ 2:45 pm:
Love it, what a gorgeous little place!
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it was really great. we must go back again.
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Danielle says:
February 21st, 2012 @ 8:58 pm
Surely Sarah
on Feb 21st, 2012
@ 10:27 pm:
Magical is the right word! Amazing place, never heard of it! I love that shot of Violet running towards the camera. It’s just so great. Glad you didn’t spend your weekend in Bowen (shudder)!
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It’s a teeny place on the way to Airlie Beach.. Like a little holiday village type place but it was just perfect.
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Danielle says:
February 22nd, 2012 @ 8:39 am
Danimezza
on Feb 26th, 2012
@ 9:55 pm:
aw I wanna go
looks awesome, love hearing about your adventures.
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Nicole Schuman
on Feb 28th, 2012
@ 12:12 pm:
I can see that the kids are really enjoying your little road trip.
Plus beaches are really an attraction for kids.. Thanks for sharing this!
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Cley
on Mar 5th, 2012
@ 12:33 pm:
What a lovely collection of a great fun and happiness, I want to spent my vacation as happier as this with my family…
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Thank you. We really do enjoy our time away.
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Danielle says:
March 6th, 2012 @ 9:11 pm
Clumpsy
on Mar 12th, 2012
@ 9:12 pm:
What a lovely family affair, there’s nothing more happier with this kind of activities… Keep it up, its wonderful…
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Lizzy-iheartsunnydays
on Mar 14th, 2012
@ 3:46 pm:
We used to jump in the car and go anywhere all the time! They are the best holiday/getaways – nothing planned, no set destination. Interesting what you thought about Bowen – now I know not to go there! Midge Point looks beautiful and it looks like you all had a wonderful time
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