The starting point

The starting point

Thursday, 14 July 2022

9/7/22 Scarborough & Redcliffe

 


   Today we headed out to Scarborough and Redcliffe on Moreton Bay , we'd been here many years ago and memories were a bit vague , so we had a drive around first then went for a ride on the bikes . 

 Scarborough Beach was the first stop , the beach was very quiet though .


   There were people out & about enjoying the sunshine and grassed areas .


  There were plenty of boats out , and a few Sup's getting some practice .


   Around the northern tip to the marina and you get views to the Glasshouse Mountains .


   Down to Suttons Beach at Redcliffe , a sweep of sand with views out to Moreton Island , this is looking down toward Woody Point .


   Views from Margate are toward the Brisbane Port and Airport .


  There's a beautiful mural along this wall - it looks amazing , the dolphin looks like it will jump straight out of the wall !!


    Parking at Woody Point we headed out on the bikes , there's a great network of bike tracks here , we followed the track south down to the Ted Smout Memorial Bridge . It has a dedicated walking lane and two way bike lanes , the bridge is approx 2klms across and carries the south bound traffic , an older bridge carries the north bound traffic , both are 3 lanes wide .


 There's arches each side of the bay that are from the original 2 lane bridge that spanned the water - It was the Houghton Highway - this is the southern side .


  Here's the view of the northbound bridge , with the southbound bridge on the other side .


  Here's both of them


    About one third the way across , there's a fishing platform for those who wish to use it !


    We headed back to the ute & loaded up the bikes and went back to the van . Here's map link :- https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1m-fZPpd16wRk_XLAIYRofQufkLth2FI&usp=sharing


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