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Boroma577


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This is a great spot for an overnight stay or two if you prefer....right in town.

They have designated a whole street for the traveller to park up....hot showers, toilets, rubbish bins, kitchen with free BBQ and power points for charging laptop/phone etc and a dump point nearby.

Additionally, they have added a new coin operated laundry. 

You can walk through to the main street for shopping too, no need to unhitch and leave your van.

This is a great facility..I am impressed.

CAW6 #47



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Now that looks like a great place

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pauline wrote:

Now that looks like a great place

 IMO...it is Pauline.



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They have obviously done some renos and cleaned it up a bit since we came through there two years ago.   It was less than ordinary then.

Good to see it revamped for as you said B, it's very convenient.



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We stay there overnight last may ..was good then ..Few backpacker but lot of van,s were there even a tent or two right down the north end ... It good to see stop's over like this ..there should be more ..It must be better for local councils too keep all the travelers in one spot instead of park all over the town ...

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lilly31 wrote:

 even a tent or two right down the north end

 Tents and gennies are not allowed according to the rules posted, however there is no policing of this.

It is supposed to be for self contained vehicles only.



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Unfortunately there are a lot of travellers out there who don't know how to read signs and rules or just plain don't think it applies to them and will do whatever, whenever and however they desire.



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The only down side I found was the train in the early hours of the morning disbelief



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Yes i did see the no tent allowed sign to ..there were two when i was there just over nighter i say ..and when we were was a train very late at night too ..but it was ok ..

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Ma wrote:

Unfortunately there are a lot of travellers out there who don't know how to read signs and rules or just plain don't think it applies to them and will do whatever, whenever and however they desire.

 So true Ma.....so true.



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Yes i did see the no tent allowed sign to ..there were two when i was there just over nighter i say ..and when we were was a train very late at night too ..but it was ok ..

 Yes there were trains but I figure I know what they are so just roll over and go back to sleep.  I find it is the unknown that disturbs me more.



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Yes didnt worry us either Boroma ..Just had a look  and  went back to sleep ..we were up early and off to townsville area next morning for a breaky at Alligator creek roadhouse house and it was raining as well ...



-- Edited by lilly31 on Monday 7th of November 2011 07:28:41 AM

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What's the average $cost pn then? Just curious.

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sheeds wrote:

What's the average $cost pn then? Just curious.

 It is free sheeds to stop over, no cost for that at all.



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We stayed at Home Hill about four yrs ago and it was lovely and clean we even had music in the shower area, then I think it was two yrs ago we stayed and it was dirty to many backpackers lying around on the roof of there cars, the showers were dirty even thou they had been cleaned earlier I am going to make an other post on that subject

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It is a good example of how to breath life into a dying town.
We spend a lot of money in towns that we visit.

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