Seventeen Seventy

We had heard a lot of different opinions of Seventeen Seventy, and whether it was worth a visit.  We thought we should check it out for our self!  It is a really pretty little seaside town.  Only two negatives, it rain far too much and the caravan park is really busy.  Would be nicer if so many people weren't there, as with many places.  We still decided to stay 5 nights.  I needed to stop moving for a few days!  Was a good decision, we had a great time.

 Kaz, Dan and the kids joined us and we spent many an hour hanging out.  The kids spent hours together playing lego in our annexe ( we don't put it up very often, so was a treat to get the lego out).  It is so lovely to see them together, they get on so well.  We had another crack at fishing but not any luck, but we weren't the only ones!  Spent a fair bit of time chatting to different people, found out lots of good travel tips.  Its great when people are willing to give good advice. 

Seventeen Seventy (1770) is named after the year that Captain James Cook first landed there (after Botany Bay of course).  1770 was the first place in QLD that he set foot.  There is a stone monument at 1770 to commemorate this.  Good for the kids to get some insight into Australia's history.

We headed to the Joseph Banks Conservation Park.  A nice short walk around the head land, pretty view overlooking 1770.  Jake of course had to wear his safety glasses, can't remember why, am sure there was a reason!

We went to Agnes Water, not that great a place.  Wanted to eat out for lunch, but most places were very lack lustre. But The Tree at 1770 does awesome meals!  We went to the beach and had a lovely walk in the wind, was still nice though.  The kids had an awesome time rolling down the sand and generally being kids at the beach, no swimming though.

1770 for us was about enjoying the beach and hanging out with friends.  So in essence we had a great time.  It is a bit out of the way, a nice spot but we copped the bad weather.  The day we left the sun came out and people were heading to the beach, typical!