About 100 kilometres south of Brisbane central business district, straight down the M1 motorway is Snapper Rocks right on the New South Wales Border. It and the surrounding beaches are one of my most favorite places. It is the start of the Gold Coast surfing reserve which is a16 kilometre long coastline full of beautiful white sandy beaches.
I have never surfed here as it looks a bit too technical for my experience level with all the rocks and large number of surfers. I just stick to the smaller sandy beach breaks around the corner,
Thought I could watch others all day as the rocks offer lots of good viewing points.
On a good day you can easily see the Surfer Paradise high rise holiday apartments at the northern end of the Gold Coast.
I wonder how much experience and practice I would need to ride like that.
This is more my style usually smaller and cleaner just around the corner at Rainbow Bay Beach. It was originally called sharks Bay but was renamed after HMS Rainbow which surveyed the area in 1828.
Another photo of that built up sky line and I am not sure what that ship is doing, might be something to do with sand dredging of near river mouths.
Green Mount Beach
Heading back the other way south of Snapper rocks is Froggies Beach. Not sure who paints this rock but it seems freshly done.
Froggies Beach.
The Queensland, New South Wales State border marker at Point Dander.
Duranbah Beach in New South Wales another popular surfing spot.
No wonder the beach and surf is always crowded just look at how high they are building all the new apartments.
