Fishing

Fishing is like golf. You keep on casting and casting thinking that you will get one in the next cast. 

There are constantly people along the beach fishing. Just pick a spot on the beach and cast away. We did not use live bait, so the chances of us getting a bite was quite slim. However, we were still hopeful to catch dinner. Our dinner was beautiful...lamb chops with the best potato TJ claimed he ever had!

Rainbow Beach and Inskip Point

On our way to Inskip Point, we drove passed Rainbow Beach, a long stretch of beach with cliffs on one side and the sea on the other. Camping is allowed along the beach. One spot on Rainbow Beach is notorious for the rocks and cars getting stuck. Its good bye to the car if they can't get out by high tide. Due to mother nature, the rocks are now covered with sand, which must be disappointing for the adventure seekers.

We are now camping at Inskip Point, approximately 1km to the ferry taking us to Fraser Island. Our campground is called M.V Sarawak. Surprised to see there were so many people even when its a week day and not school holidays. Looks like we are not the only ones on the road. From our camp site, we could look across to Fraser Island, our destination in 4 days.

Fraser Island across the water

Point Cartwright

While we don't have any dads around to celebrate father's day, we did have brunch at a cafe in Point Cartwright in Sunshine Coast. It was busy as the locals gathered for picnic. 

After brunch, we went for a walk to the Point Cartwright lighthouse and took in the view.

The highlight was the ride in our friends' purple moke. 

Bokarina

We are in Bokarina in Sunshine Coast, staying with friends who have just moved here from Brissie. The weather here is beautifully warm in the day and pleasant night time. 

bad attempt at selfie

Bokarina is located between Moolloolaba and Kawana, a growing area. The beach is clean and primary used by locals unlike Moolloolaba or the popular Noosa. On Saturday, we joined the beach clean up day organised by the local residents. 

our friend with the clean up bag 

After an hour of walking the beach, I ended up with 1 bottle lid and a few pieces of paper. We had to really looked to find rubbish! The rubbish were then sorted in order to get data for the council

Passmore Reserve

There is nothing much here except that its a free site to park and stay for the night. This place is about 23km west of Clifton and next the the Condamine River. Its a big area with some picnic tables and bins. No toilet facilities.

Passmore Reserve Camp

Sculptures in the Shrubs

Not an arts person, I have now seen 2 sculpture exhibits. The sculptures in Pilliga NP is not much different from the infamous Sculpture by the Sea in Sydney except for the location.

There are approximately 6 sculptures along the trail each with a story to tell based on aboriginal stories. It was interesting as one would not expect this in a national park. 

The campground is very well maintained with clean toilets and free BBQs. Looks like a lot of money has been put into the park.

Free BBQ. Just BYO food

Launch Day - One Day before the start of Spring

It was an early morning start at 6.30. Partly to avoid peak hour traffic.

Early spring bloom of wattles

First stop was Mudgee. This is one area we listed as potential future home. The place made it to our list after watching Doctor Doctor, the channel 9 series, which was filmed there. The famous shot from the show was the clock tower, which we obviously did not missed.

Modern Spick & Span Toilets

One surprised for me was the public toilet right at the edge of the town. Its one of those modern self cleaning, flushed when you wash your hands and with a time limit of 10 minutes. You also get to listen to music while in there.

We reached our first stop for the night around 4pm. It was in Pilliga National Park called Sculptures in the Shrubs.

On the Road Two Point Oh (2.0)

Yes, after a two year hiatus, we are back into the "Podd" again. Preparation started in July with TJ doing most of the heavy lifting.

The newly improved Podd include:
- Solar panels on the roof - no more noisy Gen set
- Bungee cords to hold stuff in place
- water filtration
......and many more

Off to Fraser Island via central NSW.......

All loaded ready to go

Filling up water and bikes mounted

Memory Cove

Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area is the only place in Lincoln NP where you have to book and is key-access, limited to 15 vehicles/day and 5 camp sites.

TJ exploring the coastline rocks

This area includes vast expanses of coastal mallee with outcropping granite and open ocean coastline.

can you spot the pod of dolphins?

Exploring the area, we saw a pod of dolphins surfing the waves at West Point. There is also a mother and her joey hanging around our camp, oblivious to our presence.

Fishing

It was fishing today. We went to McLaren Point and found a good spot to try our hand at fishing.

TJ got his first one within a few minutes. It was likely big enough to take but we decided to let it go. We were also not sure what kind it was. It was more than an hour of fun but we never got the 'big'. We have plenty of time to try again.