Heading up to Tea Tree camp in 19 days. Cant bloody wait.

Stayed up at Useless Loop a few weeks ago, you'd wanna make sure your trailer under both the boats are in pretty good nick, few corrugations the further you go north but the road into Tamala station shouldn't be too bad.

A tinny will do you well in and around the bays but the wind can whip up in the arvo which makes it uncomfortable but not unsafe. Not sure where to launch your boat around there but we picked a beach that had a hard rock bottom with a covering of sand and didn't have any worries.

If it was me I'd take the 5m just because it opens up your options a bit more than a tinny.

 Prickly point campsite has a sloping natural rock launch ramp that can easily take a 5m tinny.  We did this in May 2014 in a 5.3 m quinny coast runner.  Went out into the main bay about 10k run from launch ramp for big pinkies.  We needed our tags back then but that has changed.  Prickly point has a long drop dunny and piped bore water suitable for showers or washing dishes.  Most sites have a fire pit (bring your own wood).

The flat rock ledge at the camp site drops about 3 metres into clear water and nice black snapper patrol this area late arvo into evening.  Use fillets of butterfish.  some bluebone about but they are very flighty.

Think I wil take the bigger boat.