The Palm Tree Caravan Park is located at Bruce Highway Ingham. Managers/ Owners are Craig & Kate and are very helpful and friendly. The park has 52 sites (40 pwr 10 un pwr) Concrete slabs to most sites. Power & taps handy to all sites. Dump Point. Very clean amenities with plenty of hot water. You may even be lucky enough to have you own loverly green frog in your shower. Camp kitchen has everything you need including Internet access. Well equipped laundry, all close to sites. Sparkling clean pool. We were allowed to pick our own site. T.V & Wireless Internet (telstra) were very good. Road noise is minimal at night and there is the odd train at the back fence nothing to disturb you to much. Site fees were as expected $29 a night for 2 people, good value in a very clean and well run park. Bookings can be made by telephoning the park and please tell them that you have seen their photos on Caravan Park Photos.

Photos and report on this page were supplied by our roving reporter Howard Lane in April 2011.

REGION: Queensland > Northern Queensland > Ingham.

The Australian-Italian Festival is held in Ingham in May each year and is one of the most popular events in the region, with thousands of people attending the event. The festival celebrates Ingham's cultural background, dating from the 1890s when the first Italian immigrants came to the region. More than half the population of the town are of Italian descent. The town is known as "Little Italy".

The annual festival, held at the Ingham Showgrounds, began as an idea from a community workshop. During the second World War, Italian people in Ingham were held in detention centres until after the war. A ceremony was held in honour of an Italian's death[clarification needed], with a parade in the central streets.

Many Italians visit from Italy to celebrate the event, marking the cultural tie between members of Ingham and Italy.

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