After spending two nights in Port Clinton (which I belatedly realised was not an island, but a part of the mainland), we sailed to North Keppel Island. A lovely spot with a little creek perfect for high tide paddling in the kayak… THE WHAT??! The KAYAK. It was gifted to us two days ago by …
Month: August 2017
The sail from Middle Percy Island was not a whole lot of fun – splashy and bumpy – but all the hatches were CLOSED and so there were no mishaps – thank the lord for small mercies. Eventually M was coerced by the conditions to detour to Hexham Island. GOOD! We made rock stacks to …
It is a delectable feeling to be back in a place you know and love. None of the trepidation that comes with a new anchorage, a comfortable knowledge of what to expect once you go ashore. After the previous few days, it was a very soothing prospect. Our first morning we motored Foamy into the …
The anchorage began to get a little roll-y, so after some porridge and some furious games of Rat-A-Tat-Cat, we motored out from behind the sandbanks, past the reef and pointed Bella Luna toward Middle Percy Island. We were all feeling very excited to go back there, and hoped to see our Treehouse friends – Kate …
All the people on this boat who are not M agree that the sail from Brampton Island was hideous. It was as if the universe had decided to give us a shake – get that lazy Whitsunday perfection out of our systems. The sea was muddled and messy, the wind felt considerable and the sky …
We left Goldsmith Island, aiming for Scawfell Island, but the wind dropped out and we diverted to Brampton Island instead. We needed somewhere to hide from a large south easterly wind for a few days – I was glad that the wind had decided the destination for us, because M and I could not. I …