Day 16 - Point Danger & Coolangatta Beach

Today, we went to Point Danger. I'm not exactly sure where it got it's name, but it is marked by a communications tower that also points North, East, South and West. A compass communications tower, never seen that before!
Point Danger is where New South Wales and Queensland meet.

After walking along the coast for a bit, we decided to spend the day on Coolangatta Beach, as we hadn't had a beach day in a while. While it wasn't particularly windy today, the currents were strong. The lifeguards were issuing warnings to stay near the shore due to a 'dangerous sweep north'. I tried to get a picture of how high and rough the waves were but pictures don't really do it justice.

After sunbathing for a bit, we went into the sea (staying close to the shore of course!) The water was 19 degrees celcius, which was lovely! But apparently, that's quite cold for Coolangatta Beach.
We had a nice swim over some waves, but got pretty tired after about 20 minutes as the currents really were sweeping everyone north, the lifeguards were on constant watch.
I think it's terrible that Lifeguard's in Australia (with the exception of a few in Sydney) don't get paid! It's a completely voluntary job. I think it should be a well paid job.
We stayed on the beach for a few more hours and then came home, getting this photo on the way (you'll see Surfer's Paradise in the background, where we were only a few days ago!)

I believe we'll be going to Natural Bridge tomorrow, can't wait!