Midge Point

Midge Point is about 30km south of Proserpine and 50km south of Airlie Beach.  We booked into the Travellers' Rest Caravan Park, which we did visit several years ago.  It's a nice park, again right on the beach, with a swimming pool. The park was damaged quite badly during Cyclone Debbie, and the owners were busily replanting and re-seeding patches that had been damaged.  


There was a firepit for campers to congregate around, and we found that on the second night we were there, there would be a sausage sizzle and entertainment.  A group of bikers called the Cooktown Crusaders were coming through on the way to Cooktown to raise money to support autistic kids.

We all turned up for the sausage sizzle and met the Crusaders, checked out their bikes, and had a drink or two/three.  The proprietors (Cathy and Allan) started up a karaoke machine, and Allan (who had previously been an Elvis impersonator) started belting out a few tunes.  We sat up the back and had a bit of a dance (Lorraine, Margaret and I were 'backup dancers') and the evening was a lot of fun.  Towards the end of the evening, the boys went back to the caravans, and the girls stayed at the party where we may have participated in a few little karaoke songs.....  I'm sure we all did a wonderful job???!!


Next morning, Lorraine and I went for a bike ride with the Cooktown Crusaders, and contributed some money to their collection.  Great fun!

We were also the only people in the entire park to have a swim in the pool - yes, it was a bit cool, but it was hot outside.  Lovely.

Over the last few days I have also been a bit sick, with a cough, cold, and haven't been sleeping well.  That makes 3 of us so far who have been unwell.

We're also having problems with our new fridge, as the batteries don't seem to be lasting , and alarms keep going off, so Trev went into Proserpine to buy a new battery.  Money, money, money..... so far this trip, we've had a new radiator installed (around $860), bought a new fridge ($250), and a new battery ($350).  I hope we've got rid of all the gremlins before we get to Cooktown!