We didn’t, however manage to get through totally unscathed. We hit bottom at one of the trouble spots ‘three times’ So now I know it’s no big deal to touch bottom, plus, it was sand so it’s not like it’s going to do too much damage is it? We were on a rising tide so we could have always waited until the water rose and we floated off .That’s my landlubber version of the whole adventure, Mike probably has a more technical or nautical (and accurate he might say) account of it. (No. That’s just about it – apart from the wide eyed look I got from Jo the first time it happened! [Mike])
We anchored at a place called Jacobs Well for the night and left early (on the right tide but I’ve forgotten if it was a rising or falling one!! (mmmm I don’t seem to have taught her much at all have I??[Mike])) and we are now anchored again just off
Us at Blakeley's
Anchorage on
N. Stradbroke Is
It’s actually raining quite heavily at present but as soon as it stops we hope to be able to take the dinghy ashore where there appears to be a lovely beach, where we’ll have a wander around. We spotted some dolphins and caught a glimps of a turtle as we were approaching
Just to prove that
it does rain in
Queensland!
………
Well, the rain did stop, and we did get onto the island. No turtles, but hundreds of little crabs, marching along the waterline, looking for food. Further up the beach were larger versions of the same crabs. One was even kind enough to pose for a photograph!
the water's edge
is lots of tiny crabs
One of the larger
crabs (about
2.5 cm across
So after all that excitement, we headed back to the boat and settled down for a night at anchor. This turned out to be quite magical: calm waters and deep silence punctuated by the calling of hundreds of birds as they settled down for the night on the island.
The stuff cruising is all about!
The next day we were off to Manly.
