Complex sentence: On the evening of 9 August 1983 Peterson was on his way to Noosa to go windsurfing the next day and had pulled up at Beenleigh south of Brisbane to sleep.
Split into simpler sentences: On the evening of 9 August 1983 Peterson was on his way to Noosa to windsurf the next day. He pulled up at Beenleigh south of Brisbane to sleep.