Mudjimba QLD – Tagalong22

About Mudjimba

Mudjimba is a coastal suburb in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia, and forms part of the Maroochydore urban centre. In the 2016 census Mudjimba had a population of 2,540 people (sourced from the Wikipedia website – click for more).

About the Sunshine Coast

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The Sunshine Coast stretches for more than 100km from Caloundra in the south to Rainbow Beach (Cooloola National Park) in the north. This destination has pristine beaches which sit alongside subtropical rainforest and majestic mountains interspersed with interesting villages.

A distinctive feature of the Sunshine Coast near Beerwah is the Glass House Mountains named by Captain Cook in 1770 as he sailed past. From the distance it reminded him of the glass making furnaces of his town in Yorkshire. These Mountains are steeped in Indigenous myths and legends. The mountains are actually cores of 20 million year old volcanoes which have eroded away leaving rock spires.

The coastal cities and towns from south to north are Caloundra, Mooloolaba, Maroochydore, Marcoola, (Mudjimba) Coolum, Sunshine Beach, Noosa Heads and Rainbow Beach. The Hinterland and inland locations include Gympie, Eumundi, Yandina, Nambour, Mapleton, Montville and Maleny.

Getting there

It was a 263km trip from Dalby to Mudjimba (route map) with nothing much to see on the way. The drive through the Glasshouse Mountains was pretty amazing – will have to go back to check them out in more detail later on.

Accommodation

Arriving at Mudjimba Beach Holiday Park we discovered that this “older” caravan park still has sites built for 15ft vans and don’t easily accommodate vans that are 21’6″ (29ft total)! Not only did we just squeeze in but the slab was only half the length of the van (I can handle that) and the remaining grass section went uphill so sharply you just could not sit there comfortably. To top it all off, the grey water pit was actually uphill and higher than the vans grey water outlet.

I know it’s a bit of a winge but it was hopelessly useless! When the Bailey Tagalong group booked the caravan sites a list of every caravan was provided, with the caravan’s total length (inc drawbar) and you’d think that would be all that’s needed. When we asked about this, the response was “the person who took those details has left and we don’t have a record” – WTF!!! And we paid $52/night for this, which should have been more like a $25/night type experience.

WOOLIE Wombat joins the team

1st Happy Hour – meeting old & new friends

Well we’ve all arrived for the start of the next Bailey Caravan Tagalong. This year sees 18 Bailey’s joining up for a 4 week trip through Queensland, beginning in Mudjimba.

As in past years it was a matter of getting things rolling with a happy hour, getting through the formalities and meeting this years tagalong mascot by the name of Bailey Bear.

Noosa River Sunset Cruise

The Tagalong committee had booked our the Noosa River Queen for a leisurely cruise up the Noosa River to take in a glorious Noosa sunset – pity about the heavy clouds.

Meeting a Brahminy Kite

Before departing on our cruise we got a visit from the local Brahminy Kite who’s best friend, the boat skipper, had some treats cast out from the back of the boat. We all got to see this beautiful majestic creature swooping down out of the heavens to score some fresh chicken. Spectacular photo opportunity!

The cruise

What better way to begin a holiday with 33 other people, some you know and other just met, than a couple of “quiet ones” on a cruise bot up a river. The tagalong committee had done a brilliant job organising nibbles for all. You just had to be wary of the cheeky butcher birds who kept trying to pinch food out of your fingers.

Hinterland Tourist Drive #23

We attempted to complete the Hinterland tourist drive known as the Blackall Tourist Range Drive #23 which is a total return trip of 114kms (click for Google’s route map) but after our 1st stop (see below) the weather put an end to it all.

Kondalilla Falls National Park

This was our 1st stop on the drive and from the signage we saw it appeared to be a fairly “short walk” to check out the falls in this park. It turned out to be a 4.6km round trip. It was a pretty arduous track to take but the sets of falls we got to see were pretty awesome.

Montville for lunch

The rain started coming down as we left Kondalilla Falls so we stopped of at Montville to try out the Montville Cafe Bar & Grill for lunch. Some lovely Moroccan spiced pumpkin soup and toast went down really well – yummo! Then all we could do was to give up on the rest of the drive and return back to the caravan.

Tagalong games night

One of our intrepid organising committee put on a games nigh for all. It was a shame that we were actually going our for dinner and missed all the fun. All reports were that it was a scream and apparently created some new tagalong legends.

Summing up…

Accommodation – Mudjimba Beach Holiday Park (07) 5448 7157
- Cost per night – $52.00 (@ 24-Aug-2022)
- Stayed for – 8 nights (4 by ourselves & 4 with Tagalong group)
- Facilities – A bit old but new ones being built which look top class
- CP Location – Cottonwood St Mudjimba
- Our rating/score – 3/10 – a very low score as they have no idea how long a site should be to fit a caravan on – totally hopeless!
Was it a nice town to visit? – Yes – love it
- Activities & places of interest – Plenty to do here
- Tourist info centre? – Sunshine Coast Airport Visitor Information Centre (07) 5448 9088
- Would we return? – Yes, but to another caravan park!
- We rate the town – 8/10
Overall thoughts – We loved our stay in Mudjimba but would definitely stay at another location; maybe at Cotton Tree, where we have stayed before.