Wind   SE  5 – 10  Sunny    12 nm

What can I say, another glorious morning, lovely day in paradise, beautiful outlook! I’m running out of words for this fantastic lifestyle. I am so glad we finally retired and did it.

While we were finishing breakfast a  whale breached about 500mts from us in the passage between Fitzroy Is and  Cape Grafton then frolicked along with two others, one of them a calf. I missed the actual leap but heard the loud slap and the splash which was well worth looking at. I just love watching whales, they are so large and majestic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John threw the scrap bait overboard as it was rather smelly and we wouldn’t be needing it in Cairns. A school of Bat fish appeared and then below them we saw a very large Giant Trevally come zooming in for its share of the scraps. I think we should have fished last night instead of assuming there were no fish.

 

We headed off , pulled out the screecher and motor sailed across shallow Mission Bay towards Cairns, then up the dredged channel into Marlin Marina where we tied up on F finger.

After washing the back deck and cockpit as it was quite dirty we went ashore for showers, paying marina fees and an iced chocolate and coffee. The marina fees here are quite dear compared to Townsville $115 per night for our boat and that is the weekly rate.

Andy Hallinan formerly from Walwa and an ex employee came down to the boat for happy hour then John and I walked up the esplanade and grabbed a takeaway pizza which was tasty but not worth $25 dollars.