Jourama falls North Queensland

After a week or so getting used to our new home we have decided to test the off grid features of the van, the destination Jourama falls was the closest but we were a bit aprehensive because the Townsville area has been very dry and there are plenty of fire warnings about, we have been to this park a few times and if there is no water flowing it is not all that pleasant.

So ten minutes after finding our camp spot annex out and roof up and rain, yes after weeks of dry dusty weather rain, being able to go to a campsite and bring rain is one of my many talents, but the scrub turkeys appreciated it and showed it by fighting for a place near us .

One of the things that really impressed us with this van is the very very comfortable king size bed, so because we could we settled in for our afternoon nap and listened to the light rain and get read to have our first night in the bush. I mentioned the scrub turkeys, and there were plenty, to me they have always been just harmless bird that survive on grubs, so I’m watching one wander through the leaf litter and a very large goanna arrived and tried to grab one, initially the bird took off, then turned on the lizard, what happened next really amazed me this bird turned on a display of aggression that would do an eagle proud, it chased the lizard around the park across the road and every time the goanna tried to turn on the bird it spread its wings and kept going at the lizard until it ran off up a hill and never returned

Anyway after that bit of excitement the camp got a bit quiet, except for the backpackers arriving late and leaving early, (before the ranger arives)so we packed up and moved on to our next destination, Ballenden Ker far north Queensland.