Stradbroke Island Trip or a Few Days on Straddie. Part 1

The wonderful thing about having an overseas visitor stay, is that you get to do lots of things together as you 'show off' your home town/state/country. Well a combination of  her mother's memories of Stradbroke Island and the photos of the island on the Qantas ads in the US, meant that a visit to Straddie was on Adrienne's 'to do if possible' list. And DH and I volunteered to take her of course 😉. 

Stradbroke Island is just a 40 minute ferry ride from the mainland...

With the car parked on board it was time to adjourn to the onboard cafe...

The coffee, though served in paper cups, was excellent. 

The ferry docks at the Dunwich settlement on Stradbroke. Our accomodation was a house at Point Lookout, a 20 km drive  away. After arriving at the house, and unpacking the car, we checked out the house.

The views from the verandas...

Then, as Adrienne is a keen 'sunsets and sunrises' photographer, we then drove back to Amity another island community to take pics of the sunset.

On the way, we saw some wildlife...just by the side of the road...and a perfect photo opportunity for a visitor from overseas. Yep! A wallaby that seemed to pose for us! Lol

The sun was just near the horizon when we got to Amity and out came the cameras. I was wearing the moon boot as my ankle had swollen a bit the day before so I decided to sit on a seat to admire the view, rather than walk over the uneven ground.  So DH and Adrienne stood at the water's edge and I took photos of them taking photos as the sun went down. 

Next time I'll write about our busy second day on the island.