No alarm this morning!! We got up
just before 10am, we checked out (to move to a private room). The room is not
ready so we leave the bags in the reception. We had breakfast around 11am and
then left to do the coastal walk.
The weather was a bit greyish at
time and windy, but it kept changing. We went from beaches to beaches, it is
beautiful!
We found a small beach/ paradise
nook with tide pools and currents. So we stopped and played in the pools for a
while. We then went in the “crazy” ocean with really strong currents. We stayed
there for 1h and once air dried we resumed our walk.
Before we start the cliff walk:
Gorge walk, we bought lunch (2 sandwiches and dessert: chocolate brownie!!).
The walk was lovely. It is quite windy and the sky is grey but at least it is
less hot. We could see the “longest beach ever” but decided to head back, as it
was not protected from the wind.
On the way back, we walked along
the road. We spotted our 1st wild kangaroo in someone’s garden! We
finished the walk back on the beach. We reached the hostel around 4pm. We
checked in, in our new room. Took showers and rested for a while.
D. went out to see the sunset and I
went downstairs to work on the blog (our room is too far from the reception so
we don’t get wifi in the room). I inquired about the diving and the snorkelling
spots. I learnt that everything has been cancelled due to the sea conditions
(low visibility). This is also the reason why the hostel is empty, the groups
who booked for the Manta Fest did not come!
We had a quiet evening and dinner.
And went to bed early. Island living is hard: sleep, walk, swim, walk,
rest…..!!!!
Walked 11.5 km today.
Slept in a private room, in North Stradbroke Island YHA (Manta)
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