from the Goldy

Driving north past Surfers Paradise the beach terminates at The Spit where there is a car park. Anxiously, we slip into the water, not heeding to the warnings. The paddle across the channel to South Stradbroke Island is only about 100 meters, long enough for stories of bull shark attacks to replay through your head. After 10 nerve racking minutes we are across, thankful to have made it in one piece for now. In the line up at South Straddy, we do not have the comfort of the 11 nets and 35 bait hooks that are found on the Gold Coast to the south of us. Despite the abundance of sharks and side shore wind, we manage to have a fun session pulling into head high dumpers. Walking back up the beach with new, open wounds we know the experience is not over...

I am glad to report we all made the paddle back to the car.