We set sail early on Monday June 4th and arrived at Tangalooma in glorious sunshine 4 hours later. What promised to be a comfortable night changed quite suddenly at 10:00pm when we started to roll from side to side, side to side, side to side, side to side, side to side, side to side, side to side, side to side. Every can and bottle that wasn't perfectly secured rolled in time with the boat all night!
Tuesday saw us up anchor at 6:00am to catch the last of the Moreton Bay ebb tide. Fortunately, but surprisingly, we only came a cross one large container ship as we made our way out of the Bay close to, but not in, the Shipping Channel.
With the threat of rain and ominous black clouds as our companions it was a relief to round the headland and enter Moololaba Harbour after a 6 1/2 hour journey (the photograph shows the river and the harbour). We arrived just in time to tie up and batten down the hatches just before the drought broke!
Our next leg, which will include an all night sail as well a bar crossing (about which I am always a bit nervous), will take us through the magnificent Great Sandy Straits and along the Fraser Island coast. There are several spectacular anchorages that we plan to enjoy along the way before heading across Hervey Bay no doubt in company with our friends the whales.
Tuesday saw us up anchor at 6:00am to catch the last of the Moreton Bay ebb tide. Fortunately, but surprisingly, we only came a cross one large container ship as we made our way out of the Bay close to, but not in, the Shipping Channel.
With the threat of rain and ominous black clouds as our companions it was a relief to round the headland and enter Moololaba Harbour after a 6 1/2 hour journey (the photograph shows the river and the harbour). We arrived just in time to tie up and batten down the hatches just before the drought broke!
Our next leg, which will include an all night sail as well a bar crossing (about which I am always a bit nervous), will take us through the magnificent Great Sandy Straits and along the Fraser Island coast. There are several spectacular anchorages that we plan to enjoy along the way before heading across Hervey Bay no doubt in company with our friends the whales.
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