Arrival at Bonny Hills

Just 20 minutes south of Port Macquaire we found a lovely little caravan park at Bonny Hills, overlooking Rainbow Beach (see picture).

Rosy and I had a good look around to find a good location (that we could drive through, rather than reverse in) and that had good Internet connectivity.

I hd a couple of hiccups with the uncoupling and levelling, but this is a pretty big learning curve. We have walkie talkies to communicate with each other when manouvering the caravan around objects and when reversing. A workmate of Rosy's suggested it to her as a means of saving the marriage when driving caravans. It also saves on disturbing other visitors. Rosy did a great job in placement of the van, even after doing a little bit of reversing.

We had our first night in the van and other problem solving situations arose, but then in the grand scheme of things they are not that big a problem. I am sure we will get them worked out over time. The important thing is that we have the desktop computer and notebook operating as this is our entertainment centre and my tools for Internet work.

It's a beautiful day today so we went for a walk along the beach. We passed most of the people and Rosy let Angel off the leash. She shot out of the barriers like a greyhound and went and sussed out every person, dog and pebble. We ended up putting her back on the long lead after it took us a few minutes to get her attention back. That's enough Coke for her. Surprisingly, the stay Angel had in the dog kennel, while we set up things, has given her a better temperament. She hasn't gone off the deep end with any other dog, so far. Also, we have neighbours with two cavalier king charles spaniels (both female) and they all get on so well with each other.

Bonny Hills Caravan Park is only small, with room for about 20 carvans. As long as the hoons stay away over school holidays we will most probably stay here until Cathies wedding in November.

Stephen