Kuttabul Hotel

After Clairview we tried to find another free site but instead ended up at the Kuttabul Hotel. This hotel is just out of town and has accommodation that seemed to be used mostly by cane workers. Set apart from this was a spot for people like us who only wanted to spend a night or two. On arriving I felt a bit like Linda Koswalski’s (sp?) character arriving at the outback pub in ‘Crocodile Dundee’ (yes, I was greeted with a “G’day love”!!). It is$15 for the first night and $10 for the second, with power and nearly toilets and showers that were shabby but clean. This spot is busy too and with prices that this I’m not surprised.


There is sugar cane everywhere when we drove around, and a lot of rail track for transporting the cane once it was harvested.


We are spending two nights here because today we went to the Eungalla National Park. We walked through gorgeous rainforests but the main reason for visiting was that we got to see platypus swimming in the wild. This was such a special experience especially knowing that they weren’t reliant on zoo keepers for their wellbeing. You have to be super quick taking a photo though - they're up and down within seconds!

View from the 'Sky Window'.

wandering brush turkey (taken by Harry)

Wild turtle (taken by Max)

wild platypus (taken by Max)

On the way to Eungalla we saw an accident on the side of the road where a car and caravan had rolled, both landing on their tops. It reminded us how careful we need to be, especially when correcting misjudgements. What a horrible thing for someone on their holiday!