{"id":16150,"date":"2017-04-17T16:10:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T23:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=16150"},"modified":"2017-04-17T16:45:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T23:45:27","slug":"life-down-under-straddie-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/life-down-under-straddie-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Down Under: Straddie Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

Life Down Under: Straddie Island<\/h3>\n

Below: Frenchman’s Beach<\/p>\n

\"\"Life Down Under: Straddie Island, Mix Hart 2017<\/p>\n

North Stradbroke “Straddie” Island<\/strong> (Minjerribah) is one of my favourite places on Earth to date. Somehow, it has managed to preserve its wildness and also have accessible beaches and hikes.<\/p>\n

Below: Frenchman’s Beach, North Gorge walk.<\/p>\n

\"\"Life Down Under: Straddie Island, Mix Hart 2017<\/p>\n

We found everything on Straddie: wild koalas, wild kangaroos, surf beaches, swimming beaches, snorkelling spots, epics oceans views from craggy cliffs.<\/strong> I could happily live on Straddie Island.<\/p>\n

Below: North Gorge.<\/p>\n

\"\"Life Down Under: Straddie Island, Mix Hart 2017<\/p>\n

Below: kangaroo mum and babe on the move, North Gorge.<\/p>\n

\"\"Life Down Under: Straddie Island, Mix Hart 2017<\/p>\n

\"\"Life Down Under: Straddie Island, Mix Hart 2017<\/p>\n

Below:Pip and Mist, Coral Sea view, North Gorge.<\/p>\n

\"\"Life Down Under: Straddie Island, Mix Hart 2017<\/p>\n

Minjerribah (Straddie Island)\u00a0is half nature reserve<\/strong> (Naree Budjong Djara National Park).\u00a0The Quandamooka\u00a0people have\u00a0lived on the island for at least 21,000 years.<\/p>\n

Below: Main Beach, Lookout Point.<\/p>\n

\"\"Life Down Under: Straddie Island, Mix Hart 2017<\/p>\n

Below:\u00a0Mum and Little-Roo, North Gorge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Life Down Under: Straddie Island, Mix Hart 2017<\/p>\n

Below: Roo on the move.<\/p>\n

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Life Down Under: Straddie Island, Mix Hart 2017<\/p>\n

Below: Coral Sea, North Gorge, Lookout Point<\/p>\n

\"\"Life Down Under: Straddie Island, Mix Hart 2017<\/p>\n

I hope you enjoy the pictures from our day exploring the Northern tip of Straddie Island. It was an enchanted day. That is how Australia is for me: supernatural and wondrous. Each day, the natural beauty leaves me in awe-shock. I am soaking up every drop of Aussie life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Below: Pip at Cylinder Beach. High tide made a perfect swimming hole before the surf break.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Life Down Under: Straddie Island, Mix Hart 2017<\/p>\n

Below: Sisters shelling along Cylinder Beach.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Life Down Under: Straddie Island, Mix Hart 2017<\/p>\n

Below: Koala in gum tree at Cylinder Beach.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Life Down Under: Straddie Island, Mix Hart 2017<\/p>\n

\"\"Life Down Under, Straddie Island, Photo: Tabitha Arthur 2017<\/p>\n

\"\"Life Down Under: Straddie Island, Mix Hart 2017<\/p>\n

Below: Pip resting on sand bar, Cylinder Beach.<\/p>\n

\"\"Life Down Under: Straddie Island, Mix Hart 2017<\/p>\n

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Life Down Under: Straddie Island, Cylinder Beach, 2017 Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Below: more mum and baby kangaroos in the forest along Cylinder Beach.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Life Down Under: Straddie Island, Mix Hart 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Below: kangaroo in repose, Cylinder Beach.<\/p>\n

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Life Down Under: Straddie Island, Mix Hart 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"\"Life Down Under: Straddie Island, Mix Hart 2017<\/p>\n

Packing up: time to catch the ferry back to Brisbane. The sun sets over the Coral Sea during our ferry ride and we arrive on Brisbane shores in the black night.<\/strong> We hop aboard the free ferry bus shuttle that takes us to our train. We ride the train for an hour, it drops it off at Central Station, then it’s a three minute walk to our apartment. We arrive home happily exhausted with sand seeping from our pores.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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