Double Island Point Camping

After a rainy weekend of being stuck indoors courtesy of some cyclones bearing down on South East Queensland, I needed to get out and spend some time in the great outdoors. Luckily a friend of mine had just bought a 4wd and was keen to take it off road for the first time. The timing couldn't be better.

Needing no additional urging I threw a few things in the back of my Patrol and we took off north to Double Island Point for some beach camping. We arrived on Friday night, set up a small camp, had a celebratory beer and retired to our tents to the sounds of the crashing waves.

We were up bright and early on Saturday morning, it is hard to sleep in when the morning sun comes streaming into your tent. We fired up the kettle and sat down on the dunes with a hot cup of fresh coffee.

The skies were clear and the sun hot even in the early hours of the day. Naz was keen to get put some sandy kilometres onto his Pajero so after lunch we drive to the north shore while the tide was low. I went for a swim in the beautiful clear cool water, while Naz walked up the beach to do some fishing.

Twenty minutes later he pulls in a 58cm flathead, caught on soft plastics, which went straight into the esky for lunch.

We made our way back to camp, for another coffee and toasted hot cross buns and relaxed in the heat of the day. After cooking and devouring the huge flathead fillets for lunch, I took Naz for a drive into Rainbow Beach for supplies (ice and beer). We were back to camp in the late afternoon, and after a session of beach fishing catching nothing but small dart, we settled in for the night with some ice cold beers.

Shifting our chairs to the dunes we ate dinner in the dark, under clear skies, watching the lights of the trawlers out at see and listening to the crash of the waves.

Another early morning start as the sun came streaming in the tent, we took one more drive to the northern side of Double Island Point for a swim and some more fishing. Once again there were only small fish around, so we drove back to camp for breakfast and more coffee. Feeling the sting of the sun even in the early morning we decided to pack up camp and head home before the heat got too oppressive.

We made short work of the camp site, and were heading back to Brisbane while the tide was low.

A fantastic weekend, perfect weather to relax on the beach. Apart from the horse flies at plague proportions I couldn't have asked for a better weekend getaway.

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