This Sunday we escaped from the Australian Mainland. Yes, boldly going "overseas", without permission and without a single test I note, but properly masked, and yes it was only 10 mins off the mainland but it felt fleetingly liberating and we explored the new shores with gusto and joy.
Our destination- Coochiemudlo island in the southern part of Moreton Bay. Population 753. This was the elegant vessel that transported us to the island.
We took the Ferry and sped off. It was a beautiful winter's day, the sun uninterrupted in the antipodean sky and the breeze just enough to keep us cool. We ate our picnic on the foreshore and set off to explore the island which boasts some beautiful sandy beaches and calm waters and Melaleuca Wetlands.
A couple of hundred years to the day.
A little offering of Buddhas, barnacles and cockles, an unexpected discovery in a fallen trunk by the sea.
Walking through the Melaleuca Wetlands we heard and saw plenty of birds, rainbow lorikeets, fig birds, kingfishers and these two lovely kookaburras sitting on the branch looking down at us.
Transport round the island barely even needs a bike. The bears need it more as a resting place.
A place for all pedestrians to lay down their boots and have some R and R.
The colour of the ocean we loved to watch with pelicans and cormorants flying around.
A local house of some note. The owner clearly has a passion of sorts.
Dare I say where there is a will there is a watery way.
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