Venture to Australia

Sandgate

Yesterday a bunch of us went to a place called Sandgate which is located a few km northeast of the city. While we were there the Bluewater Festival was going on. There were all sorts of people there with the usual kinds of entertainment you would expect to find at a local festival including a couple of stages for entertainment and kids could ride ponies and camels around for rides.

By the time we got there it was almost lunchtime so we went looking for some food. We ended up at this little booth that the local Rotary club was running and decided to get some German sausages. While we were waiting in line we noticed this...

Yes, that's right, they were using a coffin to keep the drinks... I have no idea why. I can't imagine that this would be a cheaper solution to buying a cooler, nor would be easy to transport to the site. Suggestions anyone?

Anyway, we had lunch on a hill overlooking the pier which was quite nice. Just off to the right (past the edge of this picture) in the distance is Stradbrook Island which I intend to go to in the coming months as a day trip.

Instead of staying at the festival (which was quite small) we decided to go for a walk around the coastline. After walking for about 10 minutes we came across these mudflats which I believe were there because it was low tide. It was odd to see people standing out in the middle of the ocean so far away from the shore yet still standing on land.

I wish there had been more time to explore more of the coastline around Sandgate since it's quite beautiful there. It also got me to thinking how convenient it was that we didn't take a car to get there. Had we not taken public transport we would have had to walk all the way back to where we parked the car instead of just hopping on the train and going straight back.

posted by Compmouse @ 4/15/2006 08:59:00 AM