Stradbroke island

Here's one amazing budget 5 people trip. Stradbroke island is just a 2 hours trip from Brisbane city. It's a beautiful island where u might get a chance to have a glance of giant whale swimming at the far end. of coz.. speaking of whale who doesn't get excited right? Besides that, I couldn't wait to head to the beach and have a dip.As usual, in order to save some transportation fee, we brought along our bikes BUT WARNING it wasn't a wise choice....

This is the first reason why cycling is not a good option. Jack's brand new secondhand bike went across pieces of glass bottle and there he goes... a flat tyre with a sad face...

After catching a 45 minutes train from Roma street to Cleveland, we are about to board Stradbroke flyer gold cats.. It's s ship made out of gold with alot of cats on board.. haha XD that was a description from my dictionary. It's 15 dollar student price return ferry ticket to get to stradbroke island. See... special discounts and privilages are always given to student in australia..

Stopping by the road at Stradbroke Island to catch a breath.. It wasn't a good idea to cycle around the island.. It was as though I was cycling on a highway with lots of hills.. It took us freaking 2 hours before we see this signboard:

finally ~~~ T..T

It was late at night when we reach amitiy point.. After grabbing some dinner, we were desperate for a bed.. I was exhausted and craving for a hot bath.. and how lucky were we to knock on a stranger door and found out that she was the person in charge for the caravan. She was about to get to bed. People on stradbroke island are the kindest australian i had ever met.. We actually came to know this caravan while we were having our dinner and a stranger came by and told us about this caravan and it cost 28 dollar per person for an airconditioner room per night!

I got the biggest bed!! muahahahah XD

Morning view at amity point :

Day 2 : another 2 and the half hours of cycling trip from amity point to point look out. Point lookout has the best island view.

This is another reason why cycling around the island wasn't the best choice.. =( ouch..

After up and down hills, 2 hour and the half hours of sunburn... look at the view!!! It's AWESOME!! Too bad we did not manage to see any whales at the far end because it was DECEMBER.. Apparently, july to november was suppose to be the best time to spot them. =(

selfish shellfish collector are only allowed to bring home a total of 50 seashells..

Having a quick bath by the river..

Although we didn't manage to catch a glimpse of any whale but I did enjoy the sunset.. It's a perfect place for couple =)

Total cycled distance : 48km
Total cost used in this trip : 48 dollars
Public transport are easily available on the island.. I will definitely head back there some day without my bike~~ It was a tiring trip.. =)