Australia, Queensland

Great Campsites, but I think I’ll pass…

Stormy view from Cardwell, Queensland
Stormy view from Cardwell, Queensland

Headed northward for a few hours to hit my next planned campsite. The only problem was that I had a hard time finding where it was! Most national parks have signs along the highway telling you where they are, but Russell River National Park did not and was also split up into different sections. Fortunately, I wasn’t too far south of Cairns and had excellent phone coverage, so I was able to look up specific instructions for getting to the campsite on my iPad. The campsites looked very cool and were well secluded from one another, but I was a bit put off by the crocodile warnings they had posted.

Russell River National Park view from Bramston Beach, Queensland
Russell River National Park view from Bramston Beach, Queensland
Russell River National Park crocodile warning signs at the campground
Russell River National Park crocodile warning signs at the campground
Russell River National Park view from Bramston Beach, Queensland
Russell River National Park view from Bramston Beach, Queensland
Russell River National Park view from Bramston Beach, Queensland
Russell River National Park view from Bramston Beach, Queensland

No one else seemed to be camping there, so I headed back into the local town of Bramston Beach, QLD and checked into their little caravan park on the beach. It included hot showers, minimal people and mosquitoes, and a place to swim that was protected by a net to keep box jellyfish and crocs out. Sounded good to me. The lifeguard said I would have been fine in the national park as long as I didn’t try sleeping on the actual beach. Oh well! I hope to mountain bike through the national park and all the camps tomorrow morning.

Lifeguard at Bramston Beach, Queensland, overseeing the stinger net
Lifeguard at Bramston Beach, Queensland, overseeing the stinger net
Branston Beach Jellyfish and Crocodile warning sign
Branston Beach Jellyfish and Crocodile warning sign
Jellyfish Stinger Net at Bramston Beach, Queensland
Jellyfish Stinger Net at Bramston Beach, Queensland
Bramston Beach, Queensland, Surf Report
Bramston Beach, Queensland, Surf Report

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