One of the many advantages to living in Brisbane is that we are so close to the ocean. On Saturday we hopped on a train near our house and, 30 minutes later, we were in Sandgate, one of the many coastal villages to the east of Brisbane. There are about 12 of these villages that were once separate towns but are now suburbs of Brisbane. It is a very easy train commute into the city and a lot of people live in these villages to take advantage of being right on the ocean, but also being close enough to the CBD that the commute is not ridiculously long. There are some people who live on the Gold or Sunshine Coasts and commute for more than an hour to get in to work...crazy!
There isn't a beach at Sandgate (so the "sand" part of the name is a little misleading) but it does have a really nice boardwalk that is about 5km long. The sea is really shallow here and it is a popular place for both windsurfing and parasailing (above photo). There is a really nice steady ocean breeze, so it is a great place to cool down and watch the parasailers.
The parasailers have quite a bit of speed and they can get launched into the air. There are also many people of different skill levels trying to parasail in the same small area, so everyone needs to excercise control. While we were there a couple of dogs decided that it would be great sport to chase down one of the parasailers. The dogs didn't really have a chance of catching the guy but it was really entertaining to watch. Clearly the dogs' owner was not too bothered by the "dogs must be on a leash" rule.
It is pretty hard to fault the dogs for wanting to have a run in the sea. The water was as warm as a bath!
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