1770 Getaway Agnes Water

Well last night was supposed to be my last night at Cool Bananas but things went a little differently to planned. Was going to take it easy on the beers but Greg decided to have a legendary Dahu night and things got a little crazy; 3 bottles of Bundy, 6 bottles of ...

Next stop 1770 (Agnes Water) the home of Scooteroo, what the 'eck is this I hear you say, basically it is a company that is run by red neck hells angels and a group of 30 or 40 of you, tear up the local town on mini Harley Davidson's that go upto 80k per hour. Now there is little or no health and safety, you don't even need a driving licence! Most of us are in shorts and vests, with helmets that don't fit properly and I have never ridden a motorised cycle since I came ...

So Jenny and John live in Boyne Island and we met them when they were having their Kombi re-painted (prior to ours) at the same "place" we had ours done at. Ever since then we have stayed in touch. <br><br>We knew that they had a shack in the area that they regularly visited (it's an hour and ...

... the waves there will be miles bigger so we'll see how good we are!! We camped that night with Lee and Amy at a national park campsite - $5 for the night.....3 compost toilets and a bbq! Had some nice food and played cards, Lee even ended up buying a "fish" board (god knows what that means) for $220 as he's a pro surfer from down south hehe! The camp site was definitiely basic and a little scary but saved us some money so that was good!<br><br>The next day we headed ...

... Anyway it also twigged that the more I paddle even when I thought it was time to stand throw in a few more and it massively increased the times I was able to stand and ride the wave. I spoke later with one of the instructors and he agreed, saying that as there's less board for the wave to grab hold off and carry it into the beach you have to paddle harder to get it up to speed with the wave. Don't get me wrong I still fell off a few times but so did the local dudes who ...

... holes drilled in them. As the wind blows over and through the tubes, the ship &#8216;sings&#8217; a haunting sound. This is actually quite good! The whole structure appears to have been conceived as a memorial to Captain Cook&#8217;s identification of the area (although just about everywhere on the Australian coast can identify a line or two in a ship&#8217;s log somewhere about their own locality. The &#8216;sculpture&#8217; is fine, if a little rough and ready in its ...

Day 287-290 1770/Agnes Waters Sun 13th &#8211;Wed 16th Sept 2009<br><br>The drive through Gladstone to Agnes Waters is uneventful and not particularly scenic. The twin towns of Agnes Waters and 1770 was a destination we had earmarked before we left on our Australian odyssey. We were also all looking forward to hitting our first surf beach since W.A.<br><br>Many friends had travelled to the low key 1770 and declared it a similar place to Byron Bay but without all ...

... the board, which back fired when it flew back and smacked me in the back of the head, which i have ot say hurt. Now Cory would tell me to toughen the hell up, but those things are really heavy, none the less i had a great time and can see why people get addicted to it.<br>I shall be giving it a few more goes before my return home.

... so they sailed out to a small island that the other boats don&#8217;t visit and I was amazed at the huge amount of reef to explore. It was virtually untouched by the bleaching and damage that other reefs I have seen here have suffered with.<br>My aim for the day was to find and swim with a turtle. It&#8217;s something I haven&#8217;t managed to do on any of my snorkel adventures so far, and has been the source of some frustration to me. We&#8217;d seen a large turtle swim by the boat ...

... br><br>Thanks to some people we had spoken to on the tour we knew that there was a council parkground somewhere here - and although the locals didnt seem to want to tell us, we found out where the park ground was. And it was lovely! No power, but a walk down the hill to a beautiful little beach - Workmans Beach. So we settled in for another night without movies and this time we both fell asleep at about 7.30pm.<br><br>This morning we woke up ...