How not to get to Straddie

By Jeff Freak and Shannon Holloway
Updated November 1 2012 - 3:08pm, first published March 15 2012 - 7:32am
The Big Red Cat sails past the tourists' car. The low tide and a GPS navigation system lured them into the bay at Oyster Point at Cleveland.Photo: Chris McCormack
The Big Red Cat sails past the tourists' car. The low tide and a GPS navigation system lured them into the bay at Oyster Point at Cleveland.Photo: Chris McCormack
Stuck:  The small car is bogged in the mud at Oyster Point.
Stuck: The small car is bogged in the mud at Oyster Point.

THREE Japanese tourists came unstuck on their planned Australian holiday on Thursday when they abandoned their hire car in Moreton Bay after they tried to "drive" to North Stradbroke Island.