After Tagalong21…
About Evans Head
Nestled between the Broadwater National Park to the north and the Bundjalung National Park to the south, Evans Head is a charming combination of a vibrant fishing village and a quiet family holiday destination. Commercially the town is home to a substantial fishing fleet and proudly claims that it was the first prawning port in Australia. Today the town’s economy is driven by tourism, sugar cane, dairying and a substantial fishing fleet. The town has 6 km of safe surfing beaches, some fine coastal scenery, sandy river flats, and is a popular spot for rock, beach and ocean fishing. The population hovers around 3,000 permanent residents, many of whom are retirees, and expands to 12,000 during the summer school holidays (sourced from the Aussie Towns website – click for more).
Accommodation
We stayed in the Reflections Holiday Park – Evans Head which is located on the northern side of the Evans River (maplink). The sites were so hard to get onto, the concrete slab was probably about 1m off the road so the tow-bar actually couldn’t navigate the height very well. It took a bit of effort and “cheeky driving” to get there.
Dolphins!
The highlight of our stay was definitely the dolphins. Wow, were they fantastic! We had lunch at the Razorback Lookout which overlooks Shark Bay from a rather high vantage point. This is also the location of the local coast guard station, so a great view over the ocean is right in front.
The dolphins were playing in the surf and doing back-flips and frolicking around. We watched them for over an hour. We then drove back to the breakwater on the north side of the harbour and saw them from a different perspective. Totally awe inspiring – as you can see in the photos below…
Evans Head wasn’t as good as we thought (probably wouldn’t go back there).
