After our double back we headed back up the Cooloola coast to make the most of things. We found a camping spot right on the beach as we headed up, about 3/4 of the way to the top, dropped off our trailer and kept going. Right up to the tip of the beach and across the 4wd “Leisha track” to Double Island Lagoon. As we mentioned before the coast is out of bounds for swimming due to frequent numbers of irukandji still (box jellyfish) along with bull sharks so finding the lagoon where water gets trapped by king tides was a pleasant respite. We all had a swim and picnic then kids decided they wanted a play on the giant dune on the opposite side of the lagoon. So we decided to swim across. There was about 80m which was very deep but the kids did well and hunter enjoyed getting a ride on my back as we all swam over. On the way home we past the remains of a wreck, Cherry Venture. There’s not a lot left of her. She was a 1600 ton cargo ship, empty, bound from Auckland to Brisbane when she hit a storm off the Cooloola Coast. Waves measured 12 metres peak to trough that day and with no cargo she was flung around in the storm. She tried to put both her anchors out which snapped and wind and tide wrecked her up upon the shore. She still lies there in her watery grave today. We stopped and took a walk through the “red canyon” which is essentially sand dunes which over hundreds and thousands of years have hollowed out paths and valleys. The iron from the ground has leached into the sands turning the sands from white to deep red. By the time we got back to our campsite the sun was going down and it was the most magical spot to stop and have a couple of drinks soaking in the views. The only negative on the trip was the wind overnight. It reached 40knots overnight! Our tropical roof though great for keeping it cool is not so great in high winds. It flapped noisily all night long. It was lovely being snuggled up in the warm though listening to the wind scream and the surf surge to probably within 15-20 metres of our tent.