The last few weeks have been busy getting settled, so by this weekend I was dying to get out of the city. Saturday blessed me with the rare combination of sun, heat, and a day off, perfect for taking advantage of the beach.
You've got to drive either north (to the Sunshine Coast), or south (to the Gold Coast & Surfers Paradise) to get to nice beaches around Brisbane. This weekend there was a V8 Supercars race on the Gold Coast. You may think the traffic is bad during a Loudon event, this race took place through the streets of the city! Needless to say, we avoided traffic gridlocks in Surfer's Paradise by heading up north toward the Sunshine Coast, which certainly delivered on it's name.
We rented kayaks and paddled across a short passage to Bribie Island, a massive sand-dune island separated from mainland Australia by a long and narrow bay. The water was absolutely gorgeous - as the tide rushed out, channels formed in the bay and sandbar islands popped up, giving the pelicans and other seabirds an afternoon resting place.
I was dying to see a dugong or other marine life, but the best I got was a few little minows and two baby pufferfish. The man we rented kayaks from said that stingrays were common at higher tides, but he'd been in that spot for 15 years and never seen a dugong. Guess who has a new goal for this trip? Mission Dugong is full steam ahead.
In reality though, I should probably be thanking my lucky stars that there wasn't too much marine life out and about, since a certain boyfriend thought it would be just hilarious to continuously flip my kayak. The great news is that the waterproof camera has been checked and tried, and is ready for the next adventure.
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