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Cylinder Beach

A few photos from our trip last week. We had the week off classes, following the end of a block.

We went out to North Stradbroke Island, which is directly east of Brisbane, about a 45 minute ferry ride from the coast, which is about an hour drive from where I live.

In the photos you can see who was there, Bec A, Bec M, Carol, Tim and myself. We squeezed all our stuff into Carol’s car and walked on to the ferry so it was cheaper! 🙂 Then on the other side we shuttled back and forth to the campsite.

It was so good to get away, and get out there. The weather was perfect and the place more so. I bought some fishing gear, hoping to toss it in the water. I had so much fun doing it, and am really glad I did. We had some minor success as you can see in the photos. We ended up eating a little of our haul that night.

Also on the trip, we went to two lakes on the island, creatively named Brown Lake, and Blue Lake. They both lived up to their names. The water was warm enough to get in and stay in, and we ended up swimming all the way across Brown Lake and back, which was probably 1 km across. Blue Lake was at the end of a 1 hour bush walk. When we arrived we were able to surprise a middle aged couple of skinny dippers.

Tim had to go back earlier than the rest of us, so we stayed another day after dropping him off at the ferry. We ended up just relaxing, swimming and had a fire on the beach at night. Coming home was tough, after a few days away from all the realities of life, it was quite a downer to get home. I think that just speaks to how great it was to have gone.

You can see the photos in larger format by clicking the link.


One Response to “Cylinder Beach”

  1. Very impressive way to publish the photos. Looks like we all had a fantastic time! I’m immensely jealous of the “Surf” shot you’ve captured. For the record, I’m not afraid of matches or fire. The gas stove was left on for far too long (or so we thought) and I didn’t want it exploding in my face. 🙂

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