Monday the dogs had a wonderful walk around the woodland tracks until they were exhausted and then we went into Yeppoon (prob. a smaller version of Coolangatta), another beautiful foreshore - DOG FRIENDLY - a town that is being done up and a great job is being made, loads of parks, in fact the whole region is pretty spectacular.
Left Coolwaters Tuesday morning - albeit reluctantly, but must move on. Interesting history to the c/park - it was originally the first hotel built on the Capricorn coast and the 1956 Aust. Olympic team stayed and trained there before moving to melbourne for the games. Then it was bought by the Baptist Church who built o/50's villas at the front of the property and introduced caravans and permanents and used the facilities for the community and school camps. etc. It was then bought by the present owners 7yrs ago who have got rid of the perm. vanners -() mind you all the Vics. that come up can be classed as perms. as they stay for up to 5 months - the owners have upgraded the park put in lots of new amenities and things for kids to do and turned it into an A1 park but still maintain the strong links with the community groups and schools.. There are two special fire pits one of which is lit everynight and people take their drinks and chairs and go sit around the fire. Monday evening they even had a couple singing so that was very amenable, sitting, listening and having a drink - DOGS INCLUDED of course. There was one lab/ retriever (a big boy) who wanted to join in with the singing and it seemed a special note got him going and he would sing along as well. Of course the songs were from the 50, 60, 70 era....... I wonder why!!!! (Have to wonder who runs the state of Victoria as most of the pop. is up this end of the country for 4/5months.)
It is still the only park on the coast that can cater for huge groups because they still have the dining room and other areas which have been turned into dorms. and motel style units. They put on special weekends for groups and cater accordingly so obviously a great moneyspinne - - even do vegetarian weekends for the yoga group with veg. food. - They run a very tight ship but are so friendly and accommodating and must say THEY ARE VERY DOG FRIENDLY. 1 out of thee vans in the park would have at least 1 dog and like us have two dogs but you NEVER hear them barking at all...... even our two were quiet, think they are so bemused by the whole thing.
They have also wonderful wide woodland tracks that Jake and Dana had a great time charging along, the tracks run behind the camp and along the side of the beautiful lake - all maintained by the gardener at the park (who incidentally is the bush poet - versatility plus.)
(Have some wonderful sunset shots taken Monday evening so will put them up)
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