On our previous trip north we stopped off at Cardwell for a lunch break and enjoyed our time sitting on the foreshore looking back to Hinchinbrook Island. So this time we thought we would stop for a day on our way to Mission Beach and check it out a little more.
We hadn’t booked anywhere and were lucky in getting one of the last spots in the caravan park. It was not anything flash but we had space and the grounds were lovely and lush. We have said it before but we still can’t believe how busy this stretch of coast is in the winter. There were lots of summer permanents in the park and they all had boats so the fishing must be good!
While in Cardwell we went for some lovely walks along the ocean front and Griff was desperate to go for a swim but we didn’t let him as we know that the crocs are pretty bad in this area and the water was quite cloudy due to its shallowness so didn’t want to take the chance as we wouldn’t have seen one coming! Unfortunately the sun wasn’t out in full force but it was still beautiful.
We had heard the golf course was a nice little country course and when we arrived to play there was a bunch of local men just about to tee off in a local 13 hole comp which they invited us to play in. We played with two lovely locals and one of them was a decent golfer who showed us the tricks of the course. I managed a very tidy round and came away tied 3rd! Got myself a ball 😀.
We also discovered that Cardwell had a pump bike track which had just opened and we went and tried it out. Still not convinced we have the technique right but it was fun. Needless to say we were the oldest there by about 35 years 😂😂. What we did also find out was that Cardwell had just been approved to have a massive mountain bike park developed in the mountains around the town. It’s amazing and great to see how many small country towns are trying to lure tourists in with mountain bike tracks. Hopefully they will be finished the next time we are up here! S