Brooms Head was originally known as Cakora Point, the name Brooms Head was first used in 1870 when a broom thought to have come from the wreck of the schooner 'Eureka', was washed up on the beach. Brooms Head is one of those places where time seems to stand still and it still has the little fishing village feel. You can get a great view from the lookout or go fishing around the headland and it's only a three and a half hour drive from Brisbane. It was a fantastic and inexpensive place for a family holiday with a younger child. There are beautiful beaches and scenery and you can go fishing off the beach or the rocks. We stayed in 2 bedroom cabin at the Brooms Head Caravan Park which comfortably housed our group of 3 kids and 4 adults. You look out from the cabin over to the ocean and you are surrounded by the Yuraygir National Park.
We drove 10km south through the park down to the Sandon River and the Sandon Beach picnic and camping grounds. We saw kangaroos and coastal emus along the way going through the National Park.
We drove 10km south through the park down to the Sandon River and the Sandon Beach picnic and camping grounds. We saw kangaroos and coastal emus along the way going through the National Park.
The village of Sandon is settled on the southern side of the River across from the camping ground and can only be reached by travelling along the beach from Minnie Water or by boat. The beach near the estuary is peaceful and secluded and we spent the day there making sandcastles, burying the kids and turning them into sand sculptures of mermaids, fishing and swimming in the shallows.
Ta dah!!! What kid doesn't just love building sandcastles (or adult for that matter). I spent the day helping to make the turrets. Good for the upper arms I say.
Smiles all 'round. Didn't cost anything to build either.At the northern end of the beach, near the ocean, large rocky pools are exposed at low tide and you can explore Plover Island by foot at low tide.
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