Platypus Bush Camp
Thursday & Friday 12th to 13th September
Leaving the thriving backpacker and holiday community of Airlie
Beach Eungella National Park
Rainforest Retreat
The camp was extremely laid back, owned and run by Wazza
whose hippy heyday lives on in the amazing bush camp he has created. Tree top
accommodation open to the sights and sounds of the forest is tucked away in
secluded spots amongst the trees, whilst campers have a small number of sites to
choose from. The swimming hole is crystal clear and the rainforest showers are
really something else!!
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| Swimming pool! |
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| 'La Casa de Wazza' !! |
Back to Nature
Platypus Bush Camp is all about getting back to nature, and
the showers are the epitome of this. They are housed in a regular style closed
building from the front, but the back of the shower literally opens straight
into the rainforest!! This isn’t the place to be prudish, and if being
overlooked in the shower bothers you then take the ‘clothing optional’ advice
from the swimming hole and shower with your bathers on lol!!
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| Front of showers look very ordinary... |
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| ...but open the door and you are in the forest! |
Gecko in my Pyjamas!
We enjoyed two tranquil relaxing nights here, building fires
in the communal pit and cooking damper in the camp oven. There is lots of
wildlife, but unfortunately we didn’t see the resident platypus family that
lives on the property, but I did get up close and personal with a gecko! After
putting my pyjama top on I lay down to sleep but felt something flicking behind
my left shoulder. I thought it was a twitching muscle for a while but when we
investigated a terrified gecko ran out into the bed! That certainly caused some
action in the camper trailer, as we scrambled to send our uninvited visitor on
his way!
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| Eungella is over 800m above sea level in the mountains of Qld |
It works yay!!!!!! :D
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