Agnes Waters & Town of 1770 April 2018

Agnes Waters & Town of 1770

We were ever so excited to be back in our caravan which has been serviced and the hole in the side repaired and is now in tip top condition. Our plan was to drive up to 1770 where we are booked into the Captain Cook Holiday Village and stay a couple of nights there before heading to Yeppoon for a week.

The drive up the Bruce Highway was uneventful but we did begin to notice that the low growl that the Jackaroo has always had was steadily increasing in noise and we were getting the occasional warm oil smell. Uh oh! It's the muffler and exhaust! I sure hope this isn't going to be an expensive repair.

We managed to get parked up at the caravan site without any difficulty. Yay for the hand held UHF radios....we don't have to yell instructions to each other at all while backing in now. We set up our awning and hooked up to power and water etc and decided to wait until the next day to have a look around. John was feeling pretty rough, coming down with the nasty bug I'd just had, and was coughing plus plus.

After a restless night due to John's coughing we got up and decided to take a look at the beach. The sign said 900 metres walk to the beach, but luckily one of our camp neighbours warned us that it was a VERY long walk and that we should drive down as far as we could. It was a pretty rough track, and very narrow too. Once we parked it was still a fair walk in soft sand to the beach. The beach was lovely and deserted too. There was breaking surf and it didn't look a safe place to casually swim as you could see evidence of rips, but it was nice to walk along the beach and just enjoy the serenity.

We drove down to Agnes Waters (about 6 km away) and parked near the park beside the beach. The beach at Agnes Waters has Surf Life Saver patrols, and there were quite a few people in the water both swimming and surfing. It's a pleasant place, but John was more interested in finding a) coffee and b) somewhere to repair our exhaust. Coffee was easily achieved, but there was nowhere open on a Sunday to even sell an exhaust bandage to effect a temporary repair ourselves.

We drove back to the Town of 1770. No luck there either with auto places open but we did find a lovely restaurant called The Tree that had views out over the water and park to have some lunch. We like 1770 very much. There's boats  moored in the inlet and lovely boardwalk along the beachfront. It had a nice vibe to the place. There's a caravan park right near the water here (which is probably where we should've stayed) but in truth we were pretty happy where we were. Nice and shady and very friendly.

That afternoon, Geoff and Carol, our camp neighbours came over for sundowner drinks and we talked for some hours. A lovely couple! John had crawled under the Jackaroo and made a temporary repair using an aluminum foil BBQ plate from the Weber. We're hoping it will get us safely to Yeppoon tomorrow.

We stopped for petrol at Benaraby on the way. John's temporary repair is holding but the vehicle is still very loud. We had lunch at a quaint little second hand shop down the road, while remaining parked at the big new servo's parking area. It's very swish...complete with big sculpture of hands.

We made it safely to the Island View Caravan park at Kinka Beach. Barb knew exactly where it was, but we still managed to drive past and miss the entrance due to the lack of visible roadside signage. Thanks Livingstone Shire Council....you are not helpful.