We spent a few days on the Gold Coast to replace our stolen outboard and to catch up with Tina and her family. We then left for Cleveland to see Greg and Cheryl, and to start the planning process for Yamoya’s summer maintenance program. The trip to Cleveland was up along the inside edge of South Stradbroke and North Stradbroke islands.
As a teenager, I used to holiday with Mum & Dad on South Straddie, on the northern edge of Tipplers. Back then Tipplers was a rundown hotel surrounding by camping sites. Boats, private and commercial, would come to spend a day or longer, with the larger boats anchored in the passage and the smaller boats anchored into the beach.
Not much appears to have changed. The pub has been rebuilt and its grounds improved, but the way the area is used is still the same.