Enough nipple climbing – it was time to get our nipples out on the beach again! The drive into Rainbow Beach through the Great Sandy National Park is just beautiful. Tall eucalypt forest and wattle in full bloom contribute to a colour palette which is uniquely Australian. We knew we were in for a treat!
On your way into town you pass the Parks office where you can snap up a $5pp/n permit to camp on Inskip Point. You turn left at Rainbow Beach to head up the peninsula with the end of the line being the ferry to Fraser. There are several camp sites along Inskip, we chose a 2 wheel drive suitable one about half way along – S S Dorrigo. And what a spot! Ultimate beach front camping in a Casuarina Forest compete with wild brumbies and short short loving Queenslanders!
There wasn’t much in the way of swell while we were here but there was enough to score a couple of shorey peakers out the front of the campsite. If swell did arrive it was simple, you had Fraser to the north and Double Island Pt to the south. The outer banks at Inskip would also handle a bit of angled swell.
On our way outa town we visited the Carlo Sand Bluff which is at the beginning of a “Great 98km Walk” back to Noosa through the Sandy National Park. Maybe next time. We did however have an amazing walk along Rainbow Beach towards Double Island Point. You guessed it folks, rainbow sand! Towering above us were cliffs of red, gold, white, orange, brown and black sand climbing towards a cyan sky. This place really is special. Looking forward to exploring Fraser one day when I am a soccer mum with a fourby…or a guru with a troopy…
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