Is there anything at....?

No+Pro · 16 May 2014, 5:21 pm

Didn't want to create a thread for one question, today it's:
Stradbroke Island.
Anyone seen anything interesting over there? Disused sand extraction gear maybe? (Not saying it'd be something achievable)
Probably not many abandoned places over there, just wondering

DeScent · 16 May 2014, 6:29 pm

Great question No+Pro

I've been looking into Straddy and pussinboots helped me make this list

The Fever Hospital Museum - Island History - just as you land on Island
The Graveyard - next to Museum
The Sand Mines - other side of Island
The War Stuff - old - Brisbane side

Sorry its a bit vague - just going off rumors and chatting to folk

Nuggs · 16 May 2014, 6:43 pm

Good advice DeScent.

I reckon anything not heratige listed would be fairly well demolished out there, to keep the greenies happy.

Pussinboots · 16 May 2014, 7:00 pm

Don't know south stradbroke at all, but have been to north stradbroke a lot. The best part is point lookout, amazing gorge walk , short but very beautiful, also dead mans beach , cylinder and frenchmans beach, a string of lovely hidden coves . There may be some urbex there, but I didn't see a lot. Dulwich has the museum with the islands history documented, a sad tale ... The ships full of prisoners and immigrants used to dock in the bay, called hulk ships. Sometimes they were so full of fever most of them died, and are buried in the graveyard there. There are quite a few wrecks apparently.. Good place to visit..

Kto · 22 May 2014, 4:36 pm

Try Saint Helena Island if you haven't heard of it.

No+Pro · 22 May 2014, 7:32 pm

Thanks guys, id say itll be fairly urbex free but more of a 4x4 weekend. St helena is on my todo list for sure but need to find friends with boats. Not paying for a tour anytime soon

Aydun · 22 May 2014, 7:40 pm

If you visit St. Helena at night, be sure to bring plenty of mozzie repellent! Went there on a ghost tour as a wee lad and learned this the hard way

Kto · 24 May 2014, 8:25 pm

No+Pro wrote:Thanks guys, id say itll be fairly urbex free but more of a 4x4 weekend. St helena is on my todo list for sure but need to find friends with boats. Not paying for a tour anytime soon

I second that. Those tours are a rip off; they barely run and are apparently quite short.

No+Pro · 28 May 2014, 8:01 pm

Ended up being a more or less explore-free weekend

Had another go at star trails

Found the less than exciting lighthouse

Rescued a broken down Discovery (3 months old)

Tagged a sand dune with my car

The pic of ReDiscovery was very close to where i wanted to go look for holes in the fence to the mine, but we were just flat out that day. Ah well, probably would have been too hard anyway

Pussinboots · 29 May 2014, 7:27 am

Looks like it was a pretty good weekend:)love that star trail picture, how long did that take?

theedge · 29 May 2014, 9:36 am

Nice shots. Wouldn't expect a land rover to get bogged down.

No+Pro · 29 May 2014, 10:21 am

theedge wrote:Nice shots. Wouldn't expect a land rover to get bogged down.

neither did its owners, they were fuming, they ended up packing up their campsite and staying at our rental for the night, while we towed them there, i saw a bearing drop out from under the car, a bit later, the CV followed it.. brand new D4.. bugger

lehct_ · 06 Jun 2014, 7:15 pm

No+Pro wrote:
theedge wrote:Nice shots. Wouldn't expect a land rover to get bogged down.
neither did its owners, they were fuming, they ended up packing up their campsite and staying at our rental for the night, while we towed them there, i saw a bearing drop out from under the car, a bit later, the CV followed it.. brand new D4.. bugger

Well, thats what they get for taking a luxury modern day 4x4 off road... They don't make 'em like they used to

Nice pics!

No+Pro · 06 Jun 2014, 7:21 pm

lehct_ wrote:
No+Pro wrote:
theedge wrote:Nice shots. Wouldn't expect a land rover to get bogged down.
neither did its owners, they were fuming, they ended up packing up their campsite and staying at our rental for the night, while we towed them there, i saw a bearing drop out from under the car, a bit later, the CV followed it.. brand new D4.. bugger
Well, thats what they get for taking a luxury modern day 4x4 off road... They don't make 'em like they used to

Nice pics!

we had a chuckle at the sticker on the back they all have, world's most awarded 4x4, or something like that. That one earned the Worst First Offroad Trip award

thanks, you've been quiet on here lately, making a comeback?

No+Pro · 06 Jun 2014, 8:43 pm

Pussinboots wrote:Looks like it was a pretty good weekend:)love that star trail picture, how long did that take?

oops thought i'd replied to this.. it was about an hour (or one beer and a short nap) of 30 second shots, first shot was spent painting the foreground.
the black patch on the left was the ocean, if the camera was a little lower and angled up, could have avoided that.. next time
used a free program called StarStax, pretty easy to work out

lehct_ · 06 Jun 2014, 10:03 pm

No+Pro wrote: we had a chuckle at the sticker on the back they all have, world's most awarded 4x4, or something like that. That one earned the Worst First Offroad Trip award

thanks, you've been quiet on here lately, making a comeback?

I've been keeping busy, but I guess I should drop in here a bit more often.

theedge · 10 Jun 2014, 10:01 am

No+Pro wrote: neither did its owners, they were fuming, they ended up packing up their campsite and staying at our rental for the night, while we towed them there, i saw a bearing drop out from under the car, a bit later, the CV followed it.. brand new D4.. bugger

Curious. Was it their first time doing 4x4 trails? I would have thought they would have scoped the track first before pushing ahead or get another car along. Mind you being in a new 4x4, I probably would have not thought about that too!

No+Pro · 10 Jun 2014, 3:13 pm

our first thought was driver error - turns out he's been in the army for 7 or so years and can drive anything they could throw at him