Happy New 2021 Year!

4 days off around New Year and it was time to test the air con, act like tourists, soak up some beach life, what better place to do this than Dingo Beach. Leaving Townsville on New Years Eve we headed down to Hydeaway Bay Caravan Park where we were booked for 3 nights, this being the only place you can camp near Dingo Beach. https://hydeawaybaycaravanpark.com.au/

The opportunity to catch up with our youngest Daughter who lives and works in Airlie Beach which is just 40 odd km away was also a plus. The Hydeaway Bay Caravan Park is very well kept with owners that showed us through their lovingly restored Double Decker Leyland Bus. Both being ex contiki tour bus driver’s and having driven all around Europe in these buses for many year’s, they knew exactly what they wanted to travel around Australia in so they imported one, and it is a credit to them how they have restored it, in particular the hand made woodwork features inside.

Nearby Dingo Beach is spectacular, we both loved it, magnificent little patch of Australia with crystal clear water to swim in and a really laid back pub on the beachfront where we had New Year dinner and drinks with Tyneal and Drew. It was hot, as you would expect at this time of year, there was also a few rain showers over the 3 days, also to be expected at this time of year.
The luxury of being able to turn on the air-con was the best, and one of the reasons for purchasing the Hybrid – now we can camp in the summer having the luxury of air-con available to us. Loving our C3e, Ray has made a metal plate that fits like a small umbrella on top of the Darche Awning to stop what was a small trickle of water coming in around the post over the kitchen area – this is a big issue with the Darche Awning’s and something that needs attention if you don’t want water dripping down on the outside kitchen during a heavy shower of rain.