Midge Point

Where, I hear you ask, is Midge Point, and why would you go where there are clearly Midges?  Well, there aren't really any more midges there than anywhere else along the Queensland coast, and it has a lovely peaceful caravan park.  And not much else.

Midge Point is close to Airlie Beach, but it has escaped the rampant development and is more of a fishing village. There is a vast sand flat before you reach the ocean, and most locals seem to have a tractor to tow their boats down to the water.

The area was very badly hit by cyclone Debbie, and the caravan park had only reopened in July, having had over 200 trees knocked over, and all the leaves stripped from the remaining ones.  It had recovered surprisingly well by the time we got there.

We explored the neighbouring villages and felt so sorry for the people whose lovely towns had been so decimated by the cyclone.

We also went in to Airlie Beach and were shocked by how much more developed and touristy it was since our last visit about eight years ago.  We were quite glad we had decided not to stay there! We drove out to Shute Harbour, which was just starting to reopen. The marina there was still badly damaged but it still looks glorious from the lookout.