Rocky Creek War Memorial Park

This is another of those traveller suggested camp sites that you tend to pick up along the way. It is strange how only a little distance can alter the vegetation so much. Only recently we were in tropical rain forest, now this area is really dry and arid. Strangely, either side of this area, market gardens, orchards and sugar cane abound. This park was a training base for services during WW11, some of the ruins are still visible today. Now this park is a War Memorial to all the service personnel who trained here. Beside the Memorial Park is a large area set aside for travellers to camp for up to 72 hours with the fees by donation only. It seems to be well patronised too, even though the only facilities are toilets.

The view of the Memorial Park as you turn in off the highway. I think this large paved area in front of the sign may have been the base parade ground.

Memorial Stones dedicated to all the individual divisions that trained at this base during WW11.

A couple of the original concrete slabs still remaining from the training base.

Looking back towards the Memorial Park from our camp site. We felt obliged to display the 'Aussie' flag on our awning to show all the travellers from abroad that we belong here.

Morning and evening we were visited by these Guinea Fowl, it helped that Jude fed them on sunflower seed. The park caretaker told us: "When the fowl have chicks, they are known as 'New Guinea Fowl'." I bet he tells everyone that joke.

Dinner and a few wines makes Jude a happy girl.