Serena Beach

 1 Day Stop Off

It was time to say goodbye to the back-packer world of Airlie Beach and head further south down the coast heading for Rockhampton, but this was a very long drive so after consulting the map we thought we would break the journey up and stop 2/3 s of the way there at a place called Serena Beach.

Whilst we packed up and had a bit of breakfast I was asked by a couple of girls if I knew anything about cars and if I could help them start their car (Flat Battery), they had borrowed a charger from a nearby garage and after a bit of fannying about I worked out how to use it and got them started, my good deed for the day.

Again it was a journey of around 2-3 hours and when we arrived at the Serena Beach area we found a shopping centre to replenish our supplies (Booze & Food). 

We then headed for the beach to have a look and see if there were any camp sites close by.  Driving up and down admiring the sandy stretch of beach we soon determined that there was nowhere to stay right on the beach so checking our Camping App we found one a bit inland and headed for that.

The campsite was quite a nice one, apart from the large plastic animal statues dotted around it?? Also we were back to one of the grey nomad campsites which are generally friendlier.

When we were setting up our neighbours, Vero & Joe came across and started chatting to us and we practically got their whole life stories (two pensioners that had sold their house and now just travel around in their campervan), but they were really nice and helpful.  

We had to make polite excuses to break the conversation so we could start to prepare our dinner (Our lamb cutlet special again!) as an exit strategy.

Once again dinner was superb and on my way to the kitchen area to wash up I got chatting to another set of neighbours that had just got back from a golf trip and whilst talking sport they told me their biggest league rugby game was on the TV tonight. The camp was showing it on a large screen in the communal area and we should come along.

After a few beers outside our van we then went along to the communal area with a bottle of red and joined a big table eagerly awaiting the game.  The game was ‘State of Origin’ which is pretty much a set of games with a massive rivalry, Queensland v New South Wales.  We chatted to the people around us until the game started and then watched the first half, which NSW was winning, much to the disappointment of the Queensland partisan crowd that were there.

It was a shame as we were too tired to stay for the second half, so we said our goodbyes and slunk off back to our van for the night, NSW won the game if you were interested!