Finally, we got to take the caravan away again. We decided to treat ourselves to a long- week-end and decided to go to Hervey Bay for a couple of days. We'd often seen the caravan parks right on the water-front at Hervey Bay and that's where I wanted to stay.
We booked into a waterfront site at the Scarness Caravan Park and, as you can see from the photo, it was a fabulous site - perfect for sitting outside under the awning having happy hour and enjoying the ocean views. Also perfect for wandering down for a fish.
Well, be careful what you wish for - it was blowing a gale! People were boogie-boarding at Hervey Bay which is nearly unheard of. We got the awning out with no tears - a few issues obviously on my part (ha ha). When the wind started gusting at about 1000 kilometres an hour (maybe that's an exaggeration), we looked around at some of the obviously more experienced grey nomads, and decided to add a few extra ropes to stop the awning flying away completely. I'm not sure how you stop the actual vinyl flapping though. I need to google that.
On a more positive note though, we finally got TV - Yeay!!!! Mind you, we got the same reception using a $10 "Rabbit Ears Digital" antennae as we did with the $400 one we had installed by Jayco. Either way, we finally got TV in the caravan so I wasn't complaining. We didn't want to stay outside for too long for fear of being sand-blasted.
The managers at the caravan park were great. I must have looked like I had no idea how to direct Steve when he was reversing the van so Phil came out and effortlessly guided us around trees onto the site. He made it look so easy - no waving of arms like an air-traffic controller; no yelling or hiding behind the caravan. In fact, when we were leaving, he was kind enough to come and give me a lesson in "guiding the driver". Apparently, it is all about standing at the passenger window (with the window down obviously) and calmly saying things like: "left"; "right"; "right hand down"; "left hand down" in a very calm, relaxed voice. Mmmmmm - I will give it a go next time.
Why can't all caravan parks be designed with drive-through sites??? Is it a ploy for the manufacturers of reversing cameras?
Even though we had wind and rain and even a storm thrown in, we still had a good time. Hervey Bay is such a pleasant place to stay. We got to ride our bikes each day which was great and enabled us to justify eating out and sipping lattes. Just for the record, we did cook one night on the BBQ and only had breakfast out once which is very good for us. Mind you, it was a bit too windy to comfortably sit outside to eat.
I am starting to think we are more "glampers" than "campers" because we do seem to eat out a lot when we are away. We haven't even hooked the inside toilet up yet which is definitely on the TO DO list before our next trip. At least I won't have to run to the toilet block in the pouring rain with my pyjama pants rolled up to my knees. I guess the other option would be to put in an umbrella. It's a wonder I haven't thought of the umbrella before because the last couple of times we've gone away with the caravan it has rained.
Only one real disappointment during the trip and that was Steve having his fishing rods stolen from outside the caravan. I guess you do have to keep everything locked down ..... what a shame! I hope the people that took them use them and enjoy them and don't just trash them.
As it was raining and not perfect conditions to relax and read, I took the opportunity to do some shopping and got to check out Hervey Bay's upgraded shopping centre which was great. Hervey Bay also has a great little shoe shop (Shoe Frenzy) so I came away with some new shoes. What more could a girl want?
We are now looking forward to our next camping/glamping trip and we are thinking Poona so I shall do my research on caravan parks.
We booked into a waterfront site at the Scarness Caravan Park and, as you can see from the photo, it was a fabulous site - perfect for sitting outside under the awning having happy hour and enjoying the ocean views. Also perfect for wandering down for a fish.
Well, be careful what you wish for - it was blowing a gale! People were boogie-boarding at Hervey Bay which is nearly unheard of. We got the awning out with no tears - a few issues obviously on my part (ha ha). When the wind started gusting at about 1000 kilometres an hour (maybe that's an exaggeration), we looked around at some of the obviously more experienced grey nomads, and decided to add a few extra ropes to stop the awning flying away completely. I'm not sure how you stop the actual vinyl flapping though. I need to google that.
On a more positive note though, we finally got TV - Yeay!!!! Mind you, we got the same reception using a $10 "Rabbit Ears Digital" antennae as we did with the $400 one we had installed by Jayco. Either way, we finally got TV in the caravan so I wasn't complaining. We didn't want to stay outside for too long for fear of being sand-blasted.
The managers at the caravan park were great. I must have looked like I had no idea how to direct Steve when he was reversing the van so Phil came out and effortlessly guided us around trees onto the site. He made it look so easy - no waving of arms like an air-traffic controller; no yelling or hiding behind the caravan. In fact, when we were leaving, he was kind enough to come and give me a lesson in "guiding the driver". Apparently, it is all about standing at the passenger window (with the window down obviously) and calmly saying things like: "left"; "right"; "right hand down"; "left hand down" in a very calm, relaxed voice. Mmmmmm - I will give it a go next time.
Why can't all caravan parks be designed with drive-through sites??? Is it a ploy for the manufacturers of reversing cameras?
Even though we had wind and rain and even a storm thrown in, we still had a good time. Hervey Bay is such a pleasant place to stay. We got to ride our bikes each day which was great and enabled us to justify eating out and sipping lattes. Just for the record, we did cook one night on the BBQ and only had breakfast out once which is very good for us. Mind you, it was a bit too windy to comfortably sit outside to eat.
I am starting to think we are more "glampers" than "campers" because we do seem to eat out a lot when we are away. We haven't even hooked the inside toilet up yet which is definitely on the TO DO list before our next trip. At least I won't have to run to the toilet block in the pouring rain with my pyjama pants rolled up to my knees. I guess the other option would be to put in an umbrella. It's a wonder I haven't thought of the umbrella before because the last couple of times we've gone away with the caravan it has rained.
Only one real disappointment during the trip and that was Steve having his fishing rods stolen from outside the caravan. I guess you do have to keep everything locked down ..... what a shame! I hope the people that took them use them and enjoy them and don't just trash them.
As it was raining and not perfect conditions to relax and read, I took the opportunity to do some shopping and got to check out Hervey Bay's upgraded shopping centre which was great. Hervey Bay also has a great little shoe shop (Shoe Frenzy) so I came away with some new shoes. What more could a girl want?
We are now looking forward to our next camping/glamping trip and we are thinking Poona so I shall do my research on caravan parks.
Comments
Post a Comment