Wind SE 15 – 20 knts  Sunny  20nmi

Departed the Newrys at 10:30 and enjoyed a lively sail to Shaw Island averaging 7 knts. Took us three hours to cover the 20 nautical miles to the most southerly island of the official Whitsunday Islands, and we still haven’t seen any whales. I think we are too early in the season, the whales are further south, I was looking forward to seeing them.

Dropped the anchor off Burning Point in 3 metres of water at half tide, the tidal range is only 2.5 metres here.

 

Apparently there are no fish here as the only thing Moor R & R could catch was a giant toadfish. The bottom is only sand.

 

 

 

 

John dropped Morgan and I off on the beach for a walk while he trolled for fish along the rocks. He caught a Pickhandle Barracuda which he kept for bait later.

Just after he dropped us off, a rain shower came through so we sheltered up a little sandy creek under the mangroves until it stopped. The beach wasn’t very long so we walked it twice while waiting for John.

After John dropped us back at O’vive he went fishing again but only caught small parrot fish which he threw back.

Lamb, mushroom and rosemary pies with butterscotch pudding for dessert while John swore at the Aussie cricketers for their poor bowling skills.  TV reception was intermittent so he ended up listening to the cricket on the radio.