2015 Roadtrip - Dingo Beach / Hideaway Bay

Today being another chillax day we just couldnt spend it sitting around in the caravan park. Its way too noisy and busy !!
We jumped in the car and headed for Dingo Beach. Wow, this is more like it. A small quite town, beatiful beach and SO QUIET !! We spent about an 90 minutes walking the beach and spotted 3 sea turtles along the way. A perfect spot to launch a boat. This place would be an awesome spot in summer.

Dingo Beach

Bray Kids - all smiles

Dingo Beach - beautiful

Turtle popping up to say hi

Exploring the rocks

Lauren going exploring

Another beautiful view

Getting fit with huge beach walks

 

Madilyn annoying the local sea life 

The town has a small pub where we grabbed a great takeaway lunch to eat on the beach . I highly recommend the Dingo burger. No I didn't ask what was in it .. but there was plenty of meat.
After visiting Dingo Beach we headed North to Hideaway Bay .. and again another beautiful spot away from civilisation. As we drove along we could see the water .. the kids commented that it almost didn't look real .. the water was bright AQUA in colour.. very unusual like in a photograph.

Lunch at Dingo Beach

Hideaway Bay

Hideaway Bay

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2015 Roadtrip - Airlie Beach - Bushwalks

The camp kitchen at Airlie Beach Cove Resort and Caravan Park seemed like a great place to cook some meals. There arent too many peaceful places in a Big 4 park we figure .... so why not meet some other campers in the kitchen. This also turned out to be a great place to let the kids do some cooking.

 

 

 

TeamBray Kids cooking dinner

 

Cedar Falls sounded like a nice place to visit. We packed some water and snacks, put on some suitable attire and jumped in the car. After a short drive from Airlie we took the turnoff and soon arrived at Cedar Falls parking. Sadly, it was only a 30 second walk to the falls ... we had expected more of a challenge.

TeamBray Selfie at Cedar Falls

 

Lauren at Cedar Falls

 

 

 

Conway National Park. After not getting much of a walk on our Cedar Falls adventure we decided to visit a local National Park. We arrived at Conway NP and debated which walk to take. We opted for the 2km walk .. but something went wrong. Over 5km later we finally found the car. It was mostly easy walking (2.5km up hill) ... just not what we had expected. Apart from Lauren being startled a snake there was no other wildlife to be found.

 

 

Amanda was seriously pooped right at this point .... can you tell ??? :)

TeacherMum on the Bush Walk

 

Conway National Park

 

On the way out we passed the sign which got us into trouble. Maybe the Mt Rooper walk was 2.1km there and back ??? We conitued on to Swamp Bay. We felt every step too :) This will be a great warm up for Cania Gorge in a few days.

 

 

The bushland opened up to some spectacular views along the way.

 

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2015 Roadtrip - Fishing Charter

After a days rest walking National Parks and checking out local sights we hit the water again. This time we headed out on a small fishing charter with GONE FISHING. Our Skipper Jack had quite a good local knowledge and did a great job at catering for all the skills levels. Considering we fish once-a-year he had plenty to show us :)

Lets catch the big one!

A great view for fishing

Come on Fishy Fishy, where are you?

Keen as

Colin with his first catch

Right now would be a perfect time to say WE CAUGHT LOTS of fish. We did I guess but nothing really worth bringing home for dinner. Everything went back .. some even got a kiss. It was still a great day ... sea sick tablets did their job.

Madi landed this small fish

Kisses

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Nathan had fun pulling this one in. 

There are no pictures of Lauren as she wasn't feeling very well as a result of the swell. 

2015 Roadtrip - Seaforth to Airlie beach

A short drive north of Seaforth and we arrived at Airlie beach. Our plans here include some Sailing, Fishing and Bushwalking ... with a dose of relaxing in between. We'll spend 6 nights at a cushy Big 4 Caravan park - Airlie Cove Resort and Caravan park.

On arrival the kids spotted the recently installed water park. That was all they needed to ensure a fun day. It might be the middle of winter however the days are still warm and the sun is shining.

TeamBray at Airlie Beach Cove

Not everyone chooses to sleep in a caravan

 

 

 

Airlie Brekkie - no bacon

 

 

You are about to get wet

You're wet kids !!

Some Airlie Beach artwork

 

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