Saturday 31 August 2019 - Toorbul

Very slow start today.  We had less than 1 hour to travel and couldn't get into the Caravan Park until after 11.00.    We left just after 10 and travelled towards Toorbul stopping for fuel and coffee on the way.  Toorbul is on the coast of Queensland abutting the estuary between it and Bribie Island.  The estuary is about 1 km wide so we can easily see Bribie Island but to get there we have to drive about 35km to the bridge to cross over onto Bribie.   We arrived at the park and set up.  There is one house block and a road between us and the walkway along the estuary.  When we had finished setting up I realised I had lost the magnetic card to open the boom gate so we could enter and exit the park.  I knew I had opened the boom gate for Ian to drive through but couldn't remember what I had done with it from then.  I knew I didn't have it when getting the levellers out of the boot.  I checked my pockets but couldn't find it.  So then I walked to the boom gate and back looking for the card on the ground in case I had dropped it.  I searched the car 3 times with no luck and also the boot of the van where I got the levellers out of.  Only thing left was to go to the owner of the park to say I had lost it.  I them remembered I had walked over to the laundry and amenities to check them out so retraced my steps.  Still no luck.  Walking back to the van I searched my pockets again no luck.  For some reason I then realised I had back pockets on my pants and checked them to find the card.  I had probably spent 1 hour looking for it.  Still I am glad I found it.   Spent most of the afternoon at the van before walking along the path running beside the estuary.  Unfortunately there is no sandy beach to walk along.  The tide was out so there was 100 metres or so of mud before the water started.  This is to be our base for the next few days.