north straddie weekend
Last weekend (Sept. 8-10), a lovely someone called David took me to North Stradbroke Island for the weekend. It was a really nice getaway from the Gold Coast - kinda like leaving the city to spend a weekend at the cottage. My heartbeat slowed a bit. I didn't blow dry my hair and went barefoot nearly the entire time. We went for drives just taking in the different views from the island. David's family's property is in the area of Straddie called Amity Point - not joking. And it is the real deal - very sharky apparently. So much so that he wouldn't surf in this one area. A girl was taken from Amity Point in 2004 by a large tiger shark, so needless to say, I didn't go swimming although it was beautiful weather.
We spent most of Saturday fishing off a rock jetty in Amity. It was a good day even though we only caught one fish worth eating - a Brim. Being island bums, we went back out to fish at sunset with some beers and were joined by a family of dolphins as the sky turned pink. It was gorgeous. The tiny baby dolphin was just adorable.
The next morning we went to check out the surf at Lookout Point but according to David it was shite. So we just drove to this point and watched the whales play around. It was beautiful as it started to rain a bit. They were breaching all over the place - jumping right out of the ocean and exposing their gigantic white bellies. Just spectacular.
I'm so glad I'm meeting the nicest people and the sweetest company in Australia. Sharon's taken me on a day trip. Greta and her mom have done the same and David's taking me camping a couple hours south of here and to the island, so I'm really getting to see this area, even if I'm not travelling all over Australia. I am going to try to get to Melbourne and maybe Tasmania in December but otherwise, I've just really been enjoying making lasting relationships with the Aussies I've come to know. I'm going to miss all of them more than the actual place.
But I'm trying not to think of my departure just yet. I'm finding myself thinking very in the moment - trying only to think about today and tomorrow instead of weeks and months at a time. I knew it would be hard to leave but I'm getting used to coming and going. I think I'll be doing that for the rest of my life.
We spent most of Saturday fishing off a rock jetty in Amity. It was a good day even though we only caught one fish worth eating - a Brim. Being island bums, we went back out to fish at sunset with some beers and were joined by a family of dolphins as the sky turned pink. It was gorgeous. The tiny baby dolphin was just adorable.
The next morning we went to check out the surf at Lookout Point but according to David it was shite. So we just drove to this point and watched the whales play around. It was beautiful as it started to rain a bit. They were breaching all over the place - jumping right out of the ocean and exposing their gigantic white bellies. Just spectacular.
I'm so glad I'm meeting the nicest people and the sweetest company in Australia. Sharon's taken me on a day trip. Greta and her mom have done the same and David's taking me camping a couple hours south of here and to the island, so I'm really getting to see this area, even if I'm not travelling all over Australia. I am going to try to get to Melbourne and maybe Tasmania in December but otherwise, I've just really been enjoying making lasting relationships with the Aussies I've come to know. I'm going to miss all of them more than the actual place.
But I'm trying not to think of my departure just yet. I'm finding myself thinking very in the moment - trying only to think about today and tomorrow instead of weeks and months at a time. I knew it would be hard to leave but I'm getting used to coming and going. I think I'll be doing that for the rest of my life.
posted by melissa at 12:42 p.m.
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