Straddie

This weekend we had a trip through Arcadia to North Stradbroke Island (September 16-18). It was the most amazing experience! I could go on and on about it, but I think I’ll let the pictures do most of the talking. We took a ferry to the island on Friday and that evening heard an aboriginal, Shane Coghill, talk about his experience growing up in Stradbroke Island. He talked about some of the indigenous history of the island and it was really interesting to hear his perspective. 

North Stradbroke is the second largest sand island in the world.

On Saturday morning we painted boomerangs and had a lesson on how to throw them, and yes, they actually come back! We then went kayaking through mangroves and did a bit of snorkeling.  

My boomerang! The middle top is the symbol for a campsite, surrounded by kangaroo tracks, then the symbol for river. And then spirits at either edge.

On Sunday we woke up super early and went sandboarding. Surprisingly it’s not that similar to snowboarding. You have very little control over where the board goes! After sandboarding we went to the beach for some surfing! Next we headed to Brown Lake. The water looked brownish-red (kind of like iced tea) because material from the Ti-trees surrounding the lake seep into it. It is supposed to have special healing powers according to the natives. It actually made my skin feel super moisturized after sitting in it for a while.

Beach time with Emily and Kristina!

We could see a whale jumping and playing out in the distance at this lookout point!

The tea-coloured water at Brown Lake.

Overall the whole weekend was an amazing experience!