After boarding the vehicle ferry from Cleveland..... we drove straight to Cylinders Beach and set up camp for 5 days. We managed to get 1 really good day of surfing at Main Beach. Once the high tide came in.. the beach filled with perfect a frame peaks and lots of barrels for our shortboards - once the tide dropped -I took my SUP out at Main Beach.... something I thought I would never do. The locals said they had never seen a girl Sup at Main Beach before.... so I felt pretty happy!
Main Beach is very fast, and punchy but actually very fun on the SUP. Whilst cruising around I spotted 2 sharks, 20 dolphins, and several sting rays... The island is a huge marine wildlife park!
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The following day the winds changed to stromg SE - making most the island onshore..patience was the key and on the mid tide we scored 2 ft a frames.... and surfed till the tide changed.
Camping was the best (and cheapest) option for us - Cylinders had great facilities and right on the beach. Kangaroos would come down in the afternoon to check out the campers. Living on the Gold Coast, its very rare to see them in the wild!
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