Rainbow Beach

After a 2 hour morning drive we arrived at Rainbow Beach. It was tiny little beach town with a long beach and lots of sand dunes. We started the day with a walk to the local sand blow. A sand blow is basically a slow moving giant sand patch that is feed by the sands on the beach. As it moves it covers plants and kills them. Sand boarding is popular at this site but we didn’t learn that till later. We then headed to the local surf shop to check on the conditions. The beach front surfing wasn’t great but they offered a tour that took us out to Double Island Point which had slightly better waves. We hopped in a 4wd and they drove down the beach for 20 minutes. It was a fun drive cruising down the beach at 80km/hr watching the surf crash next to us and the coloured sand dunes on our right. When we arrived people hopped out and started grabbing gear and running off in all directions. We were a little confused as the guide hadn’t given us any direction. We when finally got to the surfboards there was only one left. What the hell! The guide wasn’t much help as he had to run off and do a lesson but he gave me a tiny board. We were pretty pissed off but not wanting to waste the day we headed out for a couple hours of surfing. The tiny sport board was useless in these conditions as the waves weren’t big enough. So we switch back and forth on the beginner board and still had a fun time. We are getting the hang of standing up. It was such a nice spot it was hard to stay mad and we did get some refund in the end.Read more