Babinda, Qld

Babinda is a typical Queensland town with mainly wooden Queenslander houses, a large wooden pub and when we visit a colourful cafe bursting to the seams with people having Sunday breakfast. The breakfast looks good.

There is a rather solid concrete toilet block in the local park. The sign says that it was originally built as an air raid shelter in 1942. I guess if it can withstand a bomb, it can handle anything!

Never having heard of them and out of curiosity we follow the signs to the Babinda Boulders. There is a campground in the rain forest and a crystal-clear swimming hole in a wide bend of the river. It’s a perfect place to spend a hot day. A half kilometre walk through the rain forest reveals the Boulders Gorge.