More Howling Winds

Monday 25^th September 2017

The howling wind continues and we need to get away from the marina for a day, so we share a hire car with Brian and Amanda and head down to Woodgate for some bushwalking.

It took a while to find the trail, known as the Banksia Track, but we eventually found it and realized that we had done part of it some years earlier. It is a pretty ordinary walk tat follows a fire trail through some National Park, with a small section of boardwalk included.

The positive side was we did get some exercise and we were out of the strong winds for an hour or so.

Once the walk was completed we went into Woodgate for lunch at the Woodgate Beach Hotel, a place we had been before and at that time they served great calamari. The food was still good, and the place was well supported.

Conditions out on the beach are very unpleasant with the 20 knot + onshore wind stirring up the seas.

We retreated to the shopping area for a cup of coffee , before driving back to Burnett Heads to return the hire car to the marina.

Tonight we had Brian and Amanda and Andrew and Lyn around for sundowners before having a BBQ dinner on board.

We  are still hopeful there will be a break in the weather on Wednesday to allow us to escape, but will just have to wait and see. At the moment the forecast looks favourable.