Day 25 meant that we were leaving Cabarita (North Star Caravan Park at Hastings), and heading off to the Gold Coast. Since this drive was not going to be much more than an hour we had time time to milk our Cabarita experience one more time.

This meant a spectacular walk up the headland. So spectacular, that Mazzy has been asking for surf lessons ever since. We will have to make sure that if we ever return to Adelaide, we follow up on this (note to Brad – this could be a winner!).

There are a few pics included, showing the “cove”beach alongside the headland, as well as the headland walk, and finally some of the surfing. For the surf afficionado’s amongst you, the days we were there it was around three to four feet, and it looked pretty good quality. And in warm water. People in Adelaide woud be tripping over themselves to get conditions like that.

Unfortunately, all good things come to an end, and so for us that was the end of our couple of days at Cabarita. It had been eventful, filled with great times and catchups, lots of fun for the kids, and for us grown-ups the discovery of a fantastic place on the coast. Having said that, I think me and Belinda visited here a long time ago, and we probably have a few pics stashed somehere, but the memories are a bit vague. All of us were sorry to leave, but as the enduring storyline goes, we only have a few weeks and we need to keep moving on.

The next stop on the list was Tallebudgera, which is a town on the Gold Coast. This is where things on the trip can potentially get interesting, because so far everythng we had loved was nature related, catch-up related or an appreciation of the b-road flavor of Australia. The Gold Coast is as far removed the most of these things as you can imagine, so we will see how this goes.

Tallebudgera was less than an hour from Cabarita and we made pretty good time before we checked into Tallebudgera Creek Tourist Park.

We picked a great spot overlooking Tallebudgera Creek (which was big) and spent the rest of the day doing not much else. Apart from relaxing with a cuppa, watching some of the weather roll-in over the creek and a quick walk to the beach.

It was definitely noticeable that we were in bogun-land, and it felt very different to previous Caravan Parks. Although the view over the creek was great, it’s worth noting that the creek, and obviously the beach, are public land so the Caravan Park was not as private as we had been used to. A minor issue but there were a couple of quirky things which happened with regards to the lack of private land which were accessing. The Caravan Park was not a bad place, but it was a bit of a change of environment to the previous locations.

That was the day summed up at Tallebudgera, which was pretty good, and the spot we picked was extremely picturesque. We actually pulled up a few chairs and had a brew or two whilst watching the activity on the creek, so all in all it was pretty relaxing.