Marina Burnett Heads Queensland

Marina Burnett Heads, originally uploaded by Ladymaggic.

Burnett Heads is a thriving small community along the Coral Coast of Queensland, Australia, with temperate climate and year-long safe swimming at local sandy beaches

http://www.burnettheads.asn.au/

I had booked in at the Caravan Park here on recommendation from another traveler. I will never pre-book ever again. I usually select where I stay by seeing it and selecting my spot to camp.
After going to Bargara, where I should have stayed right on the ocean beachfront, I drove back to Burnett Heads and finally found the entrance to the Caravan park, where I parked right on the edge with a tinge of shade.... The owner assured me the sun was moving, and I would soon be in total shade.
Wrong!!!! the sun moved to set in the West and I spent a miserable afternoon in blistering heat, in front of my small portable fan wishing I had gone back to the sea. Had it set in the East, I would have got the promised shade.
The worst part was yet to come. Huge man-eating mosquitoes floated around adding to my discomfort.
I read a book with a can of fly spray in one hand, batting off indolent mossies looking for new blood and sweating profusely to attract them to the fact that though I appeared dead I was actually alive.

In the morning I was awake at 5.30 and decided to go explore before the heat got me. I forgot about the wildlife, and got bitten by midges, as well as mosquitoes, who were now humming melodies past my ears, as they came seeking an early breakfast of me.
Behind the van is an area of grasses, and the river was mud with absolutely no scenery. I came here for the lighthouse, and it is sweet. It is located right next to the Caravan Park which takes its picturesque name from the Lighthouse.

I did get one sunrise photo, but the price was too high. I went back, had a shower, and departed to see the Marina. That was beautiful. I wondered if the Free Camping was at the Port where it was now closed. That would have been the place to stay as this area is very interesting.

There were some fishermen there preparing for the day, and the carpark was full.I drove around the car park and as the road to the Port was closed, I went off to find Bundaberg Port, and found the Bulk Sugar Handling Port instead. That was very interesting.

The lighthouse was constructed of timber in 1873.
It was a manned by a keeper from then till 1932 when it was converted to acetylene gas operation.
The lighthouse was been replaced by a modern structure in 1971 and has since been re-located one kilometre from its original site to the park in the main street of Burnett Heads where it has been restored.
The concrete base and steps can be still found at its original location next to the new tower.