Rainbow beach is famous for its colourful sand dunes. You can only drive it with a 4wd, so we walked along the beach. It was beautiful to see, the sand was mixed with white, grey and different shades of orange and red. We found lots of jelly fish that had washed up on to the beach, and walked barefooted along the soft sand. It was hot. We walked for at least an hour then stopped to have a swim. The water was 26 degrees so it was really nice to swim in, a bit wavey though. Esmee and I only had a quick dip to cool off before the walk back again. They even had speed signs along the beach for the cars, and a police car hiding behind the rocks pulling people over that were going to fast. Once we got back Esmee and I had a swim where there life guards were. It was very busy because it was the first sunny day in about a week so everyone was making the most of it. After a couple hours on the beach we headed south to a town called Gympie which was a bit of a disaster. The CBD of the town was in land, but there were no signs anywhere directing us how to get there, so we drove around in circles trying to find it because we needed some lunch. We finally found a Coles, and did some serious grocery shopping because we were low! We grabbed a whole chicken for lunch and sat at the park to eat. It was good! And unlike New Zealand, we didn’t have any sea gulls attacking our food, instead we had mosquitoes and flies.
The highway on the beach
At Rainbow Beach
We needed to find a place to stay for the night, so mum directed us to a national park in the tiniest town called Kenilworth. It was just one little street! We cracked some jokes about it saying that if they had a christmas parade it would only last 20 seconds because that’s how short the street is! Anyway, we drove down a gravel road for 4 kilometers or so until we reached the campground. There was a big message board and it said that you needed some kind of permit to stay and that the ranger would come around and check that everybody had paid etc. Well, we didn’t have a permit. We set up camp anyway, while dad drove back to the nearest phone booth to call and get a permit. He arrived back half an hour later with the permit. We could stay! We heard heaps of kookaburras in the trees, and it really does sound like they are laughing. Mum and dad warned us that they were probably going to wake us up in the morning. Esmee found a tiny frog in the soil, as well as some lethal ants. They had HUGE ants here in the forest, and apparently they are the ones to look out for because they sting big time. A guy called all the kids around to a tree once it was dark and shined his torch to a koala sitting peacefully in the top of the tree.
Tent site
Mum and I went for a walk in the dark out of the campground. While mum went in the bush for a bit of exploring, a 4wd full of 20 year old guys came around the corner and stopped next to me. It must of looked ridiculous to them. Spotting a 17 year old teenage girl in her pajamas on the side of the road just standing there! How embarrassing. I really couldn’t understand what they said at first because of their accent, but then I clicked. ‘Hey have you seen a ranga? Like a ginga red haired dude running around?’ I was so confused and said no but told them there was a campground just over the bridge. They drove off, and I felt so stupid! Later when mum and I came back to the campground they drove past us again and yelled out to me ‘Call us if you find the ranga!’. They must have been having me on. In the morning we spotted some wallabies, and the guys in the tent next to us said that there were kangaroos jumping around the campground all night!
I miss you all!
Fem
xox
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