The coolest thing about the beaches north of Noosa (save for their sheer beauty) is that you can camp on them. You drive up the beach (at lowtide,
if you’ve got an ounce of sense), and just pick a spot,
pull over, and set up camp.
Armed with a 4x4,
a tent,
and an eski full of, among other things, JC Especial, lemon/lime mix, beer and ice,
and enough food to get us through a couple of days, we headed up the beach
and found a quiet place to camp. Well, quiet until the people next to us started setting off fireworks and some hoons showed up to do a boogie-board ropetow.
Back up, back up. While Catherine set up camp
and fixed dinner
(she’s got three younger brothers) I jumped in the water and bodysurfed to my heart’s content.
We drank and played backgammon and Uno as the sun set and was replaced by a large golden full moon.
We watched all the while a guy who just refused to stop fishing, light outside or not. Dinner was served, followed shortly by a magnificent fireworks display and (did I mention we were drinking?) bed.
The next day we drove into town for breakfast (only getting stuck once), stopped at Rainbow Beach,
watched the surfers at Double Island Point,
and found a fabulous camping spot.
The best part about the spot we chose was that as soon as we showed up everybody started leaving. Catherine set up camp while I bodysurfed (she’s a fuckin keeper),
and then we flew the kite for a while, doing our damnedest to divebomb passing cars.
Some of the passengers responded better than others. It was a blast.
More Uno, more backgammon. I just can’t seem to beat Catherine at backgammon
(note the look of consternation and confusion)
so after a while it was strictly Uno. More margaritas, more dinner,
and a blazing fire,
followed by more bed.
The next day greeted us with a drizzling rain. So we flew the kite for a while
(by this point Cat’s getting really good)
before heading into town again for breakfast, and finally, down the beach,
back to Noosa for a massive clean-the-car mission.
What a great way to spend the weekend, drinking cervezas con mi amiga
driving in the sand
and flying a kite.
Australia rocks!
