In North Queensland the Camping season traditionally comes to a close between November and February – it’s way too hot to camp and too wet on those backroads!
To mark the end of the camping season and the start of the festive season the Townsville and District 4wd Club hosts a Christmas Party every year with the social committee deciding the destination as well as just how silly they can get us to be after a few ales and some Christmas Food. This year was no exception with a large number of members heading up to Jourama Falls https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/jourama-falls-paluma/camping for an overnight camp to mark the end of the season and get a little festive!
We got away at lunchtime Friday to make it a 2 night camping trip. Campsite was a nice grassed shady spot on the creek side of the falls next to our good friends who also managed to get away from Townsville early. The fun and games included Jingle Balls and charades as well as a few other questionable games, Billy got decked out in Christmas Lights for the occasion. It was one of the hottest nights of 2020 with humidity also very high- ha ha Ray thought he had it all planned, taking along the new Honda generator and expecting to crank it up so that he could run the air con and have all the Mod Cons! No generators are allowed in Paluma National Park Campgrounds so we had to make do with a fan hung at the end of the bed to keep us cool at night – alcohol definitely helped! The swimming holes at Jourama Falls Campground are beautiful as is the birdlife. We did not want to head back to Townsville and were last to leave the campgrounds on Sunday afternoon.
Billy Tea & Backroads 