Standown Park is on Tin Can Bay Road half way between Gympie and Tin Can Bay/Cooloola Cove Qld. It was primarily set up as a Veterans Retreat by Rod and his lovely wife Pam about 7 yrs. ago(?) It has gone from a house in the middle of a paddock, with a shed as gathering area, toilet and showers, to a well laid out and maintained Caravan & Camping ground for Vets and over 50s. They and their family and volunteers have done a fantastic job. The best part of staying at Standown is that it is nice and quiet. Especially as it was Easter W/E and all the usual idiots were out and about on the roads. They have a community campfire each night and everybody is welcome to join in from around 4pm onwards. As usual the rain tried to put a dampener on the weekend, but in between showers and sun it turned out OK. The grounds were a bit soggy because they have had a huge amount of rain in the last few months (as have most of QLD) so they had to close off the main unpowered camping area because it was very soft and boggy.
We had a lazy Easter weekend, so on Monday I decided to go into Gympie and march in the Anzac day parade. I ran into an old navy mate from my Minesweeper days, Rod Clarey, so we decided to march together. It was about 600 metres march followed by a ceremony near the War memorial in Gympie. There was the usual long winded speeches by local pollies and then the Last Post was played.
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