A Holiday at Bargara Beach

We have just returned from a wonderful relaxing week on holiday at Bargara Beach. For anyone who hasn't been there I can really recommend it. We stayed in the caravan park opposite the beach but there are also loads of other options. We went with 2 other couples and we all took our bikes - there is a great bike/walking path from the caravan park right through Bargara town, along the beachfront and round to the natural rock swimming pool. We went out on our bikes every day and came home via the coffee shop - well we had earned it :) Luckily we had great weather. We had 2 dinners out and some lunches, we read books, walked on the beach, slept and enjoyed `happy hour' every evening before dinner. All in all the perfect holiday :)




This is Alan asleep after lunch and a long bike ride which obviously wore him out - he was building up strength for later on in the day when he had to get up and open a stubby or 2 :)

Something that really intrigued us was Council's ingenious method of catching coconuts

and thereby avoiding litigation. (They can hurt if they drop on your head) These baskets
are designed to collect the nuts, when they are full someone just climbs up, pulls the string and out they fall :)

This is the beautiful beach at Neilson Park just opposite the Caravan Park where we stayed. This photo was taken on a weekday afternoon last week and as you can see it is very quiet :) This beach is patrolled in the summer months. From just north of here is a walking track that goes to Mon Repos where you can see the baby turtles hatching in the evenings between November and March.