Coloured Sands Beach Day Trip - Trip Leader - James Hutchinson

Coloured Sands Beach Day Trip

With just under 2 weeks to go until this event there are some important tid bits of information you need to be across. 

1 - Meeting Locations: 

The first meeting location will be at the northbound Twin BP on the Bruce highway. I will be parked in the general parking area in front of the food court. My car will be leaving this location at 7:30AM Sharp, If you are running late you can catch up with us at location 2. My Car is a white next Gen Ford Ranger with the number plates JJH91. 

Meeting location 2 will be the on the side of the road just past the Noosa north shore beach campground. You are able to put this into Google and navigate your way there. We will meet here at approx 9AM and commence Airing Down. Please be courteous when parking, There will be members of the public mixed in with us and we will need to make sure the road is left free for traffic. do not block the roadway. Remember we are a particularly large group so park as close to each other as possible.

2. What should i Air down to? High tide is 7:56 at Noosa so we will be getting onto the beach around 2 hours after high tide, and so i would assume we will be driving in soft sand for the first portion of the trip. With this in mind, 18 PSI tends to be my favourite number when driving on particularly soft sand. We may need to drop lower depending on the conditions of the day and this will be communicated to you on the day as required. For those of you who are new or maybe not to confident, please let me know on the morning of the trip and i will pair you up with an experienced member of our club to be with in the convoy. 

3. Once we have all Aired down i will give a trip Briefing and everyone will sign the trip sheet, we will then make our way down onto the beach and form up into 2 groups and we will get a photo of the convoy hopefully via drone when safe to do so..  Depending on numbers on the day will depend how or if i split the group up. Please remember on the beach speed limits vary from 40kmh up to 80kmh and it is imperitave to do the signposted speed and keep a good even distance with the car in front of you. Those of you who are uncomfortable travelling at the signposted speed in a group, that won't be an issue. However, please note i will be moving you down the back of our group so as not to hold the group up too much. 

4. First stop will be the Red Canyon. This is not too far up the beach and will be the location of morning tea and a good chance to stretch your legs. The Phil Day's of our group will most likely climb the dune and take in the views from the top. Alternatively, you can have a swim. I would anticipate 45 mins to an hour at this stop. Please also bring your chairs if you would rather sit under a vehicle awning and take in the serenity. The rest of the trip will be given to you on the day at the trip briefing. 

5. Please have a functioning UHF if you do not own a functioning UHF the club has 4 handhelds that can be loaned out. Please contact our property officer Tony Richardson to organise borrowing one.

6. Please make sure that you have appropriate recovery gear and functioning Communications devices. If you do not, you will be turned away at the trip briefing and sent home.  I have included a list below of what you will need.  We will be running UHF channel 57 

What you need:

• Recovery gear 
• Tyre deflator / Gauge 
• day beach permit - Vehicle access permits | Parks and forests | Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (des.qld.gov.au) $14.40
• lunch, snacks and drinks 
• Togs and towel
• Chairs 
• 12v Compressor to re-inflate tyres. ( while there is a couple of servo's at rainbow availability of air to re-inflate cannot be relied on. 

I look forward to seeing everyone. Due to the size of the group, I will not be waiting for people if they are not at the rendezvous points on time, and it will be up to you to catch up to the group. Please also keep in mind that phone reception is limited on the beach so if your trying to contact me after 9:30AM you may be disappointed. This trip is run through national parks, so unfortunately pets are not welcome.