4wd and Camper storage in Qld while visiting Great Barrier Reef Island

Hi Andrew

Shutes Harbour Storage seems reasonable - $15 per day per item.

Has anyone had any first hand experience with this place?

Thanks also for your kind offer to look after the rig for me for a week.....I won't find it bogged on a Qld beach below the high tide mark will I? :)

Cheers - thanks for your help.

Alan

I've left my vehicle there several times with no problems. As can be seen by the photos on the website, it is a modern secure undercover parking area with payment/access gained from the Shell servo.

I only bogged that vehicle once....

Andrew

(don't know who owns the bogged vehicle, been there for some time)

Thanks - still working out which island and how to get there. Will bear this in mind if decide to fly and will check out the van park options also.

Cheers,

Alan

Cairns is 7 hours drive from The Whitsundays

Andrew

Really Andrew? The Whitsundays are also a damn site further away from Bicheno where they are at the moment.

Doesn't hurt to mention that the facility they seek is available in Cairns, and hence may well be available elsewhere as well, does it?

Yes really :-) Almost as far as you are to the Whitsundays.

Please don't confuse the situation available in other tourist areas of Australia with those available in the Whitsundays.....there is a distinct difference in culture that exists, not necessarily for the worse, just different.

You should come up this way Gerhardp1, we are a friendly bunch ;-)

Andrew

"Almost as far as you are to the Whitsundays." Bicheno to Whitsundays ?

Clearly you don't know where Bicheno, Tas is located.

And if you are saying that there is no van park on the mainland that offers what the Cairns parks offer, just say so instead of beating around the bush.

Doesn't hurt to mention that the facility they seek is available in Cairns, and hence may well be available elsewhere as well, does it? That's in case you missed it the first time.

I was up your way last year for 2 months.

I was up your way last year for 2 months.

hehe....stress levels must be high where you live :-)

Clearly i do know where Bicheno is, spent some time around the Freycinet National Park, with some great memories of camping at wineglass bay. This was followed up by a nice sea-kayak trip to Schouten Island, then a overnight stay at some bungalows in Bicheno.

My point was, which i admit was written down incorrectly, was that the distance between Bicheno and Airlie is not that much different to your location and Airlie in the big scheme of things (more than a good days drive from here).

Your statements about missing it a first time is unnecessary and counterproductive. I am only trying to help them out due to my role within the community of Airlie Beach/Cannonvale.

FYI, there will be CPs that can look after your vehicle and van in Airlie/Cannonvale/Jubilee Pocket with most just leaving your vehicle "down the back" ......price would probably be around $11/day.

Yes, Cairns is 7 hours drive from the Whitsundays in case you missed it the first time :-)

Andrew

Thanks Gerhardp1 and Andrew - appreciate the effort. I understand what is being said - and will look into the van park storage option once I have a better idea of where we want to go.

Cheers,

Alan