We've been looking forward to a week of sun, sand and surf on beautiful Moreton Island.... we got the sand..... EVERYWHERE!!
After spending our first night in Queensland sleeping illegally at Brisbane Port, we woke up to pouring rain and I almost cried when we were told that the rain was supposed to continue for the next 5 days. We reconsidered our trip for a few minutes, but quickly decided to do it regardless of the weather, and although it hasn't been all sun and fun the Island is incredible anyway.
On the ferry over here, Wade got a bit nervous about driving on sand for the first time, but after deflating the tires and hitting the sand, he and Monty did it like the pro's!
Monty, lookin' good!
We found the most amazing campsite that either of us has ever stayed in.
We were pretty proud of our find!!
The veiw from our camp at sunset
We stayed in this campsite for three days and even with the rain coming on and off, we started to feel a bit like we were stuck in paradise. Wade kept looking for the "immunity idol" and starting our first fire sent Wade into some strange fire-dance.... says me who forgot that photo opportunities usually require pants!
Yes, we made fire. It only took us half a newspaper, 2 firestarters, heaps of kindling and a lighter! Then the rain put it out a few hours later!
We packed up camp on Monday morning and decided to spend the day checking out the rest of the Island. We'd heard about this place called "The Desert" where you can sandboard down some of Australia's highest sand dunes. Unfortunately for us, the rain had made the sand sticky so we couldn't do it, but it was a cool place anyway.
We also walked up to the Cape Moreton Lighthouse on the north eastern tip of the island.
Cape Moreton Lighthouse is one of the only sandstone lighthouses left in QLD
On the ferry over here, we met another couple who had done a similar trip to what we have just started, about a year ago. They gave us some great advice about good places to see that are off the beaten track and away from the "Grey Army"!
We ended up spending our last day on Moreton Island with our fellow travellers Tim and Michelle. Early in our conversation when we first met them, we mentioned that we totally forgot to bring our snorkelling gear which you need look around the Shipwrecks on Moreton. Tim and Michelle who had seen our set up and knew that we had to pack up our camp everytime we wanted to go for a drive, offered to come and pick us up on Thursday morning and take us out for the day! It was one of the best days we had on the island and to top it off, the sun came out in the arvo so when we went snorkelling (using the gear they kindly leant us), the fish looked amazing! Wade and I got hungry just swimming past these huge Bream and Flatheads.
Sadly we said goodbye to Tim and Michelle yesterday afternoon but we're hoping to catch up with them later in the year because it turns out they're heading to Alice Springs the same weekend that we should be there in September! Thanks for a great few days guys! We really appreciated all the advice, snorkelling gear (and food!) that you so generously gave us.
This morning, we were booked to catch the ferry back to Brisbane and typically, it we woke up to one of the sunniest days we've had all week. So the two of us hopped back on the ferry, looking considerably shabbier than when we arrived a week ago. My body is totally covered in very attractive mozzie bites, bruises and a hairstyle that I cannot even begin to explain. Wade's beard is almost big enough to have it's own name and I'm still not sure if he has put any undies on since we left home.
Hopefully we'll be spending this weekend on the Sunshine Coast with my mate Frankie (as long as she doesn't kick me out for looking like a lepper!). I hope everyone has a great ANZAC Day, we'll be thinking of you all wherever we end up attending the dawn service.
ENJOY THE LONG WEEKEND!!
