On the Coast – Families Issue 96 I October/November 2019

After being on the road for 6 months, we’ve put together a list of our top places in QUEENSLAND & NT to visit, best caravan parks/stays & free camps, favourite activities and even our most overrated stops (remember this is just our personal opinion) something you can add to the list. QUEENSLAND Our top 6 places to visit CAPE YORK FRASER ISLAND GREAT BARRIER REEF – $634 family of 4 Sunlover Reef Cruises WHITSUNDAYS –$520 Big Fury Island tours CARNARVON GORGE COOLUM Our top 6 caravan parks/stays Ingenia Holidays Cairns Coconut NRMA Capricorn Yeppoon Holiday Park Takarakka Bush Resort & Caravan Park – Carnarvon Gorge Queensland Paronella Park (Free accom with your family pass $132) Tin Can Bay Tourist Park Agnes Water Beach Holidays Our favourite FREE camps GREGORY DOWNS (near Lawn Hill, our fav so far) BLUE WATERS (Townsville) DUARINGA (inland of Rockhampton, even had an undercover eating/ kitchen area & playground) EMERALD BOTANICAL GARDENS (you can use the bbq’s & toilets, it has a pretty cool playground and maze plus it’s got Coles across the road) Other favourite activities TURTLE HATCHING $30 Mon Repos Turtle Centre DOLPHIN FEEDING $35 Barnacles Cafe & Dolphin Feeding Canoeing up Lawn Hill $70 canoe hire FREE Wetside Water Park – Harvey Bay The Strand Water Park – Townsville Our favourite waterfalls/ swimming spots ELLIOT FALLS Cape York ELI CREEK Fraser Island LAKE MACKENZIE Fraser Island CRYSTAL CREEK FALLS Townsville Best COFFEE Holidays cafe Agnes Water Best ICE CREAM Daintree Ice Cream Company Most overrated stops Tannum Sands & Daintree NORTHERN TERRITORY Our top 5 places to visit ULURU KAKADU MATARANKA (Bitter Springs) DARWIN KINGS CANYON Our top 5 stays/parks Little Roper Stockcamp Daly Waters Pub – an absolute Aussie classic must do MARY RIVER ROADHOUSE (just outside Kakadu) BANKA BANKA STATION Darwin FreeSpirit Resort & Holiday Park FREE DEVIL’S MARBLES (donation) STUART WELL ROADHOUSE (free camel farm next door) Favourite hot springs BITTER SPRINGS BERRY SPRINGS Other favourite activities Spectacular Jumping Crocodile Cruise $125 family TOP DIJI CULTURAL EXPERIENCE Katherine $169 Uluru Camel Tours $240 (1adult 2kids) Bike Hire to ride around Uluru Outback Cycling – Australia $50 per bike Darwin wave pool – $18 family FREE Palmerston Water Park Darwin Nathan Griggs “whippy” show at the Mataranka Homestead. Aust no.1 whip cracker. Only in dry season. Hat donation. TERRITORY DAY 1ST July, buy your own firecrackers!! Mindil Beach Sunset Market Darwin WEAVING with the elders at Kakadu Cultural centre Our favourite waterfalls/ swimming JIM JIM FALLS Kakadu GUNLOM FALLS INFINITY POOL Kakadu Did I mention BITTER SPRINGS!! Most overrated stops Katherine Gorge & Litchfield FREE CERVICAL SCREENING CLINIC Confidential Free Service Provided by Female GPs These services provided are: • HPV test – previously a pap smear • Breast Checks Central Coast Primary Care is a Registered Provider for NDIS. Provider # 4050003930 The Cervical Screening Outreach Clinic Wyong Central Community Health Centre To book your FREE appointment Level 1, 38a Pacific Highway, Wyong Open every Wednesday 9am–4pm Call 4365 2294 The Clinic is a joint initiative between Central Coast Primary Care and the Central Coast Local Health District Appointments are essential OCTOBER/NOVEMBER – ISSUE 96 31

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