DAY 2: Sunday 25/2/24 - Poona to Burnett Heads
5.30am - Craig is up, me happy to sleep in a little...... or so I thought
5.35am - Tracee where's my percolator coffee?
Me: trying to sleep here!
Craig: but where's my coffee.....
so I tell him where to go for his coffee exactly 😏
Me: close eyes to try go back to sleep.....
5.50am Craig back inside caravan.... Where's my undies?
Me inside voice: just ignore him, he'll go away! nope that was wishful thinking, opening and closing every drawer and cupboard in the caravan!
Me: FFS, second draw for your undies, same place they are packed every time!
Craig: Where are my shirts
Me: lefthand side of the cupboard they are always packed in!
Craig: Is this one, taking it from the lefthand side of the cupboard 🤨
Me: Arrggghhh!! yes, I may as well get up
Craig: You were awake anyway
Me: Really, why do you think that was! 🫤
So the percolator coffee didn't go well this morning, operator blamed the equipment, but me thinks it might have been operator error 🤔😤
Our local butcher's cheese kransky and tin spaghetti for breakfast. Clean up, pack up and ready to leave at 8.30am.
Quick drive around Poona and then heading off to our next stop.... Burnett Heads. We've done a day trip in Burnett Heads last year and it's such a pretty little place, we decided we wanted to stay one time. we considered stopping at Woodgate and camping behind the pub but carried on toward Bundaberg. We might have missed the turn off for Bundy (yeah yeah, I hear you, how but apparently it was my fault for not pointing the obvious sign on the highway to the driver, who somehow didn't see it 🙄 not to worry we just went down the road and turned around, which then gave us the idea of we might as well stop at the Apple Tree Creek pub for a holiday smoko beer and wine!!
What a cute little pub, beautiful old Queensland type timber building with lots of rooms. So much character. Staff were getting everything organised/cooking for their Sunday Roast, looks like it was going to be a good afternoon there. There is free camping in the rest stop park within walking distance. Not for us though, back on the road to the Burnett Heads Lighthouse Caravan Park.
Arriving round 11.30am, we booked in and got to choose our site as they weren't too busy. Got a site looking toward the water which will be pleasant. Set up done, we unhitched and went for a drive around for somewhere to have lunch. Unfortunately the lovely fish and chip shop we went to on our last visit didn't appear to be open, so we decided on the pub for lunch before husband gets the hangries. Lunch was delicious and they had live music in the beer garden - bonus 👍
Back to camp for an unexciting afternoon of napping and watching the Supercars on TV. We are thinking it is pretty cool sitting here looking out toward the water watching the Supercars, having a drink and relaxing. Yep this TV thing while camping is new to us.
Since it was still as hot as the surface of the sun this afternoon, we decided to have a refreshing shower and head back to The Lighthouse Pub for a couple of drinks and dinner in the air con and make it an easy night.
Let's talk about dinner..... holy cow, I got the Chicken Parmi and Craig the Chef's suggestion of Pork Ribs. Craig got through his, but I didn't even get through half of my Parmi, it was massive!! Guess we'll be having Parmi bubble and squeak for brekky. Meals were reasonably priced as were the rounds of drinks which consisted of a schooner of stone and wood and a large glass of NZ sav blanc.
Let's give you some info of the Burnett Heads Lighthouse Caravan Park:
Caretaker was more then helpful and friendly. It's a small caravan park, so don't feel like you're in a city if you know what I mean and it's a pretty little park. Sites are grassy with some trees around for a bit of shade and some sites look out toward the water, power and water. They have a few cabins also. Amenities are older but clean. It was quite hot inside the amenities but was high 30's during the day and uncomfortably humid at night. Dog Friendly. Price $38/night/2 people.
After dinner we hid inside the van in the air conditioning due to it being very humid and uncomfortable outside.
We find Burnett Heads to be a quaint little seaside town, you're not far from Bundaberg to use it as a base to see around the area but is not in the hustle and bustle. There is a cafe, fish and chip shop, takeaway shop, IGA I think it was and the pub. There's the marina and hardstand and they are starting to build a new residential marina complex, but for us the town still hold onto it's small town feel currently.
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