Watched the end of the first Thor movie. Had seen it before, but didn't remember the ending. Got to bed after 10 pm. It rained more thru the night. The wind was howling too. Woke up early, but must have fell back to sleep as we didn't get up until 6:30. Quick breakfast and got decided to take advantage of the high tide to get a boost. Hauled anchor around 7 am and headed south to Tippler's Island area. Saw a dock on shore at the Southport Yacht Club and anchored close by. We were towing the dinghy this time. Decided to check it out and walk the beach. They had a lovely dock, but the Yacht Club was very private and non-friendly as it was for members only. Several No Trespassing signs. There was mention of trash cans, so we took a bag of trash. It took a while to actually find them, but they were on the trail heading to the beach. It was around 1/2 mile across the island. This is the same island, South Stradbroke, as yesterday, just a few miles further south. The walk was lovely, thru the forest, but happy to have a path to follow. I wore my running shoes, but Mark was in his flips. The path ended at a big hill of sand. As we climbed the sand dune, we could see many more ahead of us, towards the beach area. We could hear the crashing waves. The views were incredible. Didn't mind climbing the dunes, so maybe I am getting used to it. We had both worked up a sweat despite the stiff breeze at the ocean, called the Coral Sea. Mark stuck his feet in the water and said it was cold. I took my sweater as I was cold with the breeze, but the walking helped keep me warm. Took a bunch of pictures. What a beautiful place! No animal sightings along the way, other than some birds. Headed back over the dunes. I sat down and emptied my shoes. Then continued on the path the dock. Dinghied back to Charabia as it was early. Our plan was to take the dinghy further to the tiny Tippler's Passage village, but once we got back to the boat, the rains started. We must have gotten several inches of water as Mark had to bail out the dinghy. Took advantage of the rain to wash the brown dust off our boat. Also, cleaned our salon windows as they were caked with salt water spray. Watched the movie, Lincoln Lawyer, while it was raining. Entertaining and again, I didn't remember the ending. Had a late lunch and didn't do much this afternoon. Mark was reading the cruising guide book on the NSW coast. We have signed up with Telstra (the local cell phone provider) and are limited to 30 gigs of data per month on our current plan. We exceeded it and they charged us an additional $10 for 1 gig, which seems excessive. We have to remember not leave our devices on in the future. We are limiting our use for the next few days. It was an overcast day, until an hour or so ago when the sun made an appearance. We ran our water maker this morning. There is no one anchored close by us. We are nicely protected behind the island. Thanks for your emails and messages.