2026: short trips

This morning we went for a short ride on the turtle pathway, ~10kms, before packing up the van.  As we only had 16 kms to travel we had a coffee at the surf life savers club opposite the van park when we were ready to leave. We're staying at the CMCA park in Bundy,  only $7 a night. There's no toilets or power available but we have our own. It's been very windy since we left home and Bundy is no different. We had a shower of rain while trying to set up. Walked across to Hinkler shopping centre then went to visit Luke's parents, Shirley and Rodney, for a coffee catch up. We had a very delicious roast dinner around the fire with Melissa, Luke and the gkids and a couple of their friends, Debra & Jason.  

We have decided to stay an extra night. Carmel and Glen departed early-ish this morning. Mark and I rode to Tinaberries for icecream. Graham and Gail departed after an Icecream.  Friday night is pizza night at the van park so we all had pizzas in the camp kitchen. Then completed a game of phase 10 in Cathy & Gunthers van before calling it a night.

 Lots of people out surfing at 6am this morning when I went for a walk, 2.3kms We rode out to Elliot Heads with Carmel and Glen,  41 very windy 🌬 kms. In the afternoon we had a couple of games of Rummikub and quite a few games of Bocce, where we had to chase off the scrub turkeys from stealing our jack ball. We all had dinner in the camp kitchen together.

 Today we headed off to Bagara about 8.45 am. We only had 108 kms to travel and knew that we would be early as check in is 11.30am. Stopped at Macadamis Australia in Bundy for a most delicious share platter brunch. We are staying for 2 nights at the Discovery park on an unpowered site. In the afternoon we played a game of  Rummikub with Carmel & Glen and Cathy & Gunther before having a rest/ reading & then catching up with Graham & Gail for coffee in the camp kitchen.  As it's a Wednesday it's pub night so we walked up to the local pub for dinner, 3.5 kms.

Just a short, around the bock, ride this morning ~6km. Today we are catching up with a couple, Peter and Debbie, from when Mark worked at a bank in Sydney 50 years ago. This is the reason we have come down to the Morton Bay area.  P&D picked us up and chauffeured us out for brunch and then to the sailing club to see all the boats. Their son is here for a sailing regatta. View from Manly. As my Galentines night was cancelled for tomorrow night we were going to move on to Woodford in the morning but with the massive amount of rain predicted from tonight we are going to head home this afternoon instead🙃☔ Storms are building, 10kms south of Kybong. Quick stop in Kybong  to have dinner with Matilda. We managed to beat the rain home! This short trip we drove 609 kms, rode 118 kms and walked a couple of kms. Map of all the places we visited on our ebikes.

Overnight temperature was a warm 21.9° & 4mm of rain. Twas a tad warm at 8.30 this morning when we went for a ride, 27°. Our aim was to check out the old Lighthouse at Cleveland Point and a walk/cycle track park I found on WikiCamps.  Riding through Ormiston, Ruby Bay Marina,  Cleveland Point,  The view from Cleveland Point,  Stopped for a coldie at the Grand View Hotel.  All tracks were graded easy by someone with a different interpretation of easy than me!! The first part of the track we took was full of tree roots and was a bit above my skill level. We eventually found a paved track to Capalaba and took that.  The riding this week has been a lot of fun with various surfaces,  some undulations and great views. Today we rode 33kms. Pool time, lunch and a little rest was the order for the afternoon. The temperature was 32°