Wind   SE  15 – 20 Sunny  4.5 nm

Quite a noisy night as the wind didn’t abate and the swell was causing lots of things to bang and rattle. It was rather cool in the night and blowing a gale in our cabin as John had the hatch above our bed fully open.

We cooked up pork sausages, fried tomatoe and baked beans for breaky then went ashore to explore.

John and Stump dropped us girls off and then went for a troll with the lures in the hope of catching a coral trout. The beach was deserted with lizard tracks , debris and bleached shells above the high tide mark.

Morgan enjoyed herself exploring and chasing sticks while us girls looked for shells.

I found a lovely spider shell although I think part of the dead shellfish is still inside it. I will have to dry it out a lot so it doesn’t smell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

After our beach expedition John, Stump Morgan and I went for a fish over the coral in the dinghy still hoping for that coral trout. All the fish we pulled in were too small to keep except one Spanish flag that I caught.

John cooked us fish patties for lunch with the mackerel which were very tasty.

We pulled the anchor and sailed on the screecher up to Little Pioneer Bay on the top of Orpheus. James Cook uni has a research station on the southern end of the bay and there are four moorings on the northern end. We picked up the furthest mooring out and as it is a green zone could not fish.

Instead we put down the underwater camera and checked out the situation below, the coral wasn’t much to look at and only two fish swam past. So much for the protected zone.

Spanish Mackerel for dinner with another of Johns sauces, i think it was a french butter sauce with John’s special ingredients and chat tatties and fresh crisp vegies. We introduced Steve and Leanne to our favourite movie Captain Ron.