In the lap of luxury
From Proserpine Dam we went to Townsville via Bowen, to stay with Tim’s sister Caitlin and husband Rod. They have the most beautiful house right next to the Ross River, about 30 minutes outside Townsville. They have a delightful lap pool and lovely garden – it is just like staying in a resort.
We spent most of the weekend just hanging about with them, and eating wonderful meals and drinking lots of good wine. And Tim and Rod spent a bit of time hanging out in our wee tinnie out on the waterhole in front of their place – giving the spangled perch a bit of curry!
We did the usual city things while we were there, like seeing a movie, buying some essentials, and also had a lovely breakfast with Kath Broderick who has been in Townsville for the last 9 months. And then our paths diverged - Nic spent her birthday and the day after it lounging around the pool and occasionally doing a few desultory laps, while Tim spent lots of money and lots of Rod’s time on fixing various things on Elsie.
We did leave Townsville eventually – for a stop at a waterhole just 60km north, and then met up with Caitlin and Rod the next day in Cardwell, where they keep their boat. Which we went out on around Hinchinbrook Island for that afternoon, night and the whole next day, including dinner at the resort on the island. The luxury continued – although the weather wasn’t so kind to us, it was quite wet at times, a bit windy and definitely overcast. But still fantastic to be out on a boat, cruising around the quite stunning and somehow prehistoric looking Hinchinbrook Island.
And if that wasn’t enough – we then had another three days of luxury in Mission Beach. Our families all chipped in some money for a couple of nights somewhere for our birthdays, and we found the most fantastic place – ‘Sanctuary Retreat’. It is set high on a hill on many hectares of stunning rainforest, and all the buildings are low key and in harmony with the forest.
So we just completely chilled out, doing very little apart from walking down to the beach or on tracks around the property, and having breakfast, lunch and dinner made for us. And even better, they have a yoga studio and one half of the duo that owns/runs Sanctuary, Susan, is a yoga teacher, so Nic even got her longed for yoga class. It is such a special place, we felt like part of the family/furniture after just 3 short days. Definitely recommended if you are ever anywhere near Mission Beach!
And now, after all that, we’ve got to get back into camping!
We spent most of the weekend just hanging about with them, and eating wonderful meals and drinking lots of good wine. And Tim and Rod spent a bit of time hanging out in our wee tinnie out on the waterhole in front of their place – giving the spangled perch a bit of curry!
We did the usual city things while we were there, like seeing a movie, buying some essentials, and also had a lovely breakfast with Kath Broderick who has been in Townsville for the last 9 months. And then our paths diverged - Nic spent her birthday and the day after it lounging around the pool and occasionally doing a few desultory laps, while Tim spent lots of money and lots of Rod’s time on fixing various things on Elsie.
We did leave Townsville eventually – for a stop at a waterhole just 60km north, and then met up with Caitlin and Rod the next day in Cardwell, where they keep their boat. Which we went out on around Hinchinbrook Island for that afternoon, night and the whole next day, including dinner at the resort on the island. The luxury continued – although the weather wasn’t so kind to us, it was quite wet at times, a bit windy and definitely overcast. But still fantastic to be out on a boat, cruising around the quite stunning and somehow prehistoric looking Hinchinbrook Island.
And if that wasn’t enough – we then had another three days of luxury in Mission Beach. Our families all chipped in some money for a couple of nights somewhere for our birthdays, and we found the most fantastic place – ‘Sanctuary Retreat’. It is set high on a hill on many hectares of stunning rainforest, and all the buildings are low key and in harmony with the forest.
So we just completely chilled out, doing very little apart from walking down to the beach or on tracks around the property, and having breakfast, lunch and dinner made for us. And even better, they have a yoga studio and one half of the duo that owns/runs Sanctuary, Susan, is a yoga teacher, so Nic even got her longed for yoga class. It is such a special place, we felt like part of the family/furniture after just 3 short days. Definitely recommended if you are ever anywhere near Mission Beach!
And now, after all that, we’ve got to get back into camping!
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