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For those planning a trip soon a word of warning from our adventure today.
We headed of with all intentions of arriving in Rainbow Beach mid afternoon and going for a leisurely swim and settling in for the weekend.
With Rain for the last 1/2 of Teewah beach I was still glad we'd skipped the highway route and headed for the beach as soon as we could.
Leisha track was a breeze and then we hit this about 500m along Rainbow Beach
OK, that's a little more water than I expected given we were there at 2pm and 2.05m high tide wasn't due until 6.38pm on Raindow Beach. We pressed on as the township is only 10kms away and it would be a quick retreat if that was needed.
A couple more narrow bits of beach and then it opened up to easy going. . . . until we got to Mudlo Rocks at Rainbow Beach itself.
Behind a Patrol with a couple of young blokes sinking a beer as they drove, we assessed the notorious Mudlo Rocks. Not good. Some deep holes hiding that the photo barely shows.
after 2 mins that pic was taken and we headed back to do the round trip via Freshwater track. The guys in the Patrol soon did the same. We passed a couple of cars on the way back who may have attempted the crossing. If so I hope they made it.
Without the sun in our eyes we also saw this on the way back to DI Pt. A timely reminder of what this beach can do to cars.
We made it back to Leisha track at DI Pt and passed thru with only a slight bit of water across the narrow beach section.
Off to Freshwater Track went and arrived in Rainbow Beach township safely about 45 mins or so later than we had originally thought. Freshwater Track is a little bumpy but fine to tackle as a safe alternative at the moment.
2 new sets of Maxtrax and I am still glad I retreated, even with my better half not so happy with the extended travel time. Next time I'll let them stroll thru the bit of water and wait in town for me to drive the car around.
If you're up this way soon keep in mind tide times. Other than deal low tide, it's very risky at Mudlo Rocks, and near DI Pt.
Off to explore some other tracks over the weekend. Let the adventure continue!
We headed of with all intentions of arriving in Rainbow Beach mid afternoon and going for a leisurely swim and settling in for the weekend.
With Rain for the last 1/2 of Teewah beach I was still glad we'd skipped the highway route and headed for the beach as soon as we could.
Leisha track was a breeze and then we hit this about 500m along Rainbow Beach
OK, that's a little more water than I expected given we were there at 2pm and 2.05m high tide wasn't due until 6.38pm on Raindow Beach. We pressed on as the township is only 10kms away and it would be a quick retreat if that was needed.
A couple more narrow bits of beach and then it opened up to easy going. . . . until we got to Mudlo Rocks at Rainbow Beach itself.
Behind a Patrol with a couple of young blokes sinking a beer as they drove, we assessed the notorious Mudlo Rocks. Not good. Some deep holes hiding that the photo barely shows.
after 2 mins that pic was taken and we headed back to do the round trip via Freshwater track. The guys in the Patrol soon did the same. We passed a couple of cars on the way back who may have attempted the crossing. If so I hope they made it.
Without the sun in our eyes we also saw this on the way back to DI Pt. A timely reminder of what this beach can do to cars.
We made it back to Leisha track at DI Pt and passed thru with only a slight bit of water across the narrow beach section.
Off to Freshwater Track went and arrived in Rainbow Beach township safely about 45 mins or so later than we had originally thought. Freshwater Track is a little bumpy but fine to tackle as a safe alternative at the moment.
2 new sets of Maxtrax and I am still glad I retreated, even with my better half not so happy with the extended travel time. Next time I'll let them stroll thru the bit of water and wait in town for me to drive the car around.
If you're up this way soon keep in mind tide times. Other than deal low tide, it's very risky at Mudlo Rocks, and near DI Pt.
Off to explore some other tracks over the weekend. Let the adventure continue!
shit well I thought so, till I noticed the smooth sand that they were stuck on, obviously was going to get wet again. Poor buggers hey, put a stick under it to hold it up, I'd think let the tyres down till u can drive up a bit more.
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