2008 Stradbroke Island Camping Trip

Thursday
Arrived on Thursday and setup our double site. Cylinder Beach has really changed since last year, as they have had a few storms. Had a few drinks with Mark and Sue who where there with their new caravan/trailer. They went and had dinner with family & friends that were visiting. Mikey and I went for a sunset walk around The Gorge then back to the site to make burgers for dinner. Then we caught up with Mark and Sue after dinner for a few drinks.

Friday
Gelato for morning tea then The Gorge Walk with Mark and Sue, I then walked back with Sue to the campsite. We had lunch at a lovely café “SeaShell’s” at Amity Point, the boys sticking to tradition of drinking brightly coloured lolly drinks and Sue and I polished off a bottle of white wine. We then drove to the beach were the boys snorkeled around the rocks, Sue and I just sloughed in our pickled haze.

A bit of Frisbee then we all had a Chili con Carne dinner, which we all paid for later

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Saturday
Picked up Mum and Dad (their first time to Straddie) at the water taxi, then drove back to the campsite. We then took them on The Gorge walk (ended up being the best day of all) saw two large rays, turtles and about 10 dolphins. We then headed back to the campsite, then walked to the pub (5 minute walk), the food was great (food was a bit expensive, but the drinks where cheap). We then took Mum and Dad around the headlands after a brief shower and went snorkelling around the rocks in the about 2 foot of water. They were both amazed at the amount of fish. We walked back over the headland and back to the the campsite for a shower and change. A couple of drinks then dropped Mum and Dad back at the water taxi. Got back just in time for my Kangaroo dinner!

Sunday
Showers on and off for the day. Nice to get a bit of reading done, we watched Mark and Sue pack up and go. The weather couldn’t make up it’s mind what to do sunny/raining. So we went and did the Rock Pool walk. Wow, how it has changed since last year, the storms really striped the beaches. Rocks that haven’t seen the light of day in a very long time were exposed. Some where very red in colour, it looked like a mars landscape. A bit blowy but it was an amazing walk. Back to the Campsite for a curry dinner and a bottle of red. Listening to 4BH easy listening and staring up at the stars. We just went to bed when it started to rain for the night.

Monday
We woke up to wind and showers, so decided to lay in, until the wind blew over the kitchen and the table, so we went out to sort it out. When we came back in we realised that the bedding and the mattress were wet and the weave floor of the tent was leaking. So we waited a couple of hours to see if we could dry everything out, but it kept showing, so we decided to pack up a day early and go home. Had a quick drink at the pub before getting the 2pm ferry home to two waiting cats with lots of meowing and cuddles.

Gallery can be found here.