So yesterday I got up way too early and walked to the Transit Centre of Brisbane to be picked up by a surfer dude named Grant in a 4WD to be taken to an Island along with 9 other brave souls. After a lovely ferry ride which I spent talking to a girl from San Fran who wasn't on my tour, it was in the jeep on a beach. And then Grant took off flying down the beach and up a small sand track up the hill. If you didn't get a good running start, you were going to get stuck. Like the car we passed.
The island is full of forests but in the middle is some of the largest sand dunes in the world. Trekked up to the top - whoo - absolute workout - you're told to lay down on a piece of thin board (i'll post a pic) and then Grant pushes you over the edge. Keep your elbows up. I went through a bump and got a face, ears, mouth, etc. full of sand. But was going about 40 mph prior to that. Quite the rush. By the end of it, I think I was carrying about 5 pounds of sand stuck to my sunscreened body.
Then it was off to cool off in the Coral Sea next to a Blue Lagoon. The water was lovely. Few more bumpy sand road rides - the simulation in the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland is spot on. Plus mad dashes down the beach 'road' complete with speed limit signs.
Loads of fun!!
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