![MU-X driving along Moreton Island Beach](https://cdn-iua.dataweavers.io/-/media/discover/featured-stories/partners/cedar-and-suede-caravan-holiday/header-banner/feat-article-cedar-and-suede-stradebroke-banner.jpg?rev=5081562873454e3281a76abcbe56b507)
![MU-X driving along Moreton Island Beach](https://cdn-iua.dataweavers.io/-/media/discover/featured-stories/partners/cedar-and-suede-caravan-holiday/header-banner/feat-article-cedar-and-suede-stradebroke-banner-mobile.jpg?rev=c4fd612f9eba4e2c8279ef5438d13d39)
You would’ve had to have been on a committed Instagram hiatus to have missed our Summer holiday adventure across January 2019 — sorry — not sorry.
Nestled off the coastline of Brisbane is the iconic North Stradbroke Island, a leisurely 60-minute barge ride from Cleveland, in Brisbane’s bayside. We’ve traditionally marked this destination in our calendars a year in advance, and every year after a typically crazy Christmas lead up, we’re always hankering for this trip. Michael and I have been holidaying at Straddie since we were babies and this year, again, it did not disappoint. It’s our spirit place and breathes life into us after increasingly fast-paced years.
The water is crystal-clear and you can usually always find a protected beach with slow, rolling waves. As soon as we land on the island you can feel a shift in the air and our attitudes. We love that it has barely changed in 36 years, apart from a few more cafes and a health food shop. Here on Straddie, there are few decisions to make, other than what ice cream flavour do I want, or which beach shall we visit today? And nowhere else do I go into full and complete holiday mode. Here, my mind instantly clears itself and I hit the off-switch on our beloved Cedar and Suede, that is until I hit the mainland again.
![Michael and Carlene Duffy with family on Moreton Island Ferry](https://cdn-iua.dataweavers.io/-/media/discover/featured-stories/partners/cedar-and-suede-caravan-holiday/images/cedar-and-suede-stradebroke-card-image-1.jpg?rev=e238ddc64b824f90a9f7a8d1f872b2b1)
![Cedar and Suede Dolly Caravan](https://cdn-iua.dataweavers.io/-/media/discover/featured-stories/partners/cedar-and-suede-caravan-holiday/images/cedar-and-suede-stradebroke-card-image-2.jpg?rev=1874203875cd47eda9816227f7d25200)
![Cedar and Suede MU-X on Moreton Island Ferry](https://cdn-iua.dataweavers.io/-/media/discover/featured-stories/partners/cedar-and-suede-caravan-holiday/images/cedar-and-suede-stradebroke-card-image-3.jpg?rev=ead23520eb3a4ec3a122a965bcc5b23b)
"FOR ME, I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE ENJOYING THE COMFORT OF LEATHER SEATS, A DVD PLAYER, REVERSING CAMERA AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION."
![Michael and Carlene Stradebroke Island](https://cdn-iua.dataweavers.io/-/media/discover/featured-stories/partners/cedar-and-suede-caravan-holiday/images/cedar-and-suede-stradebroke-card-image-4.jpg?rev=b1a5df71f6c74a2cb40064e5728504f8)
If you’re an avid four-wheel-driver like Michael and the kids (I prefer my car trips sans the rock n rolling) then Moreton Island is where you want to be. Some of the beach tracks on Moreton provide some serious sand driving, which I think visitors to this island drive along for the sheer fun of the challenge. Any male reading this right now is thinking, ‘yeah dah!’ But I’m more of a ‘let’s just get from A to B’ kinda gal, which is how I enjoy the MU-X day to day, but that’s a post for another day.