Wonderful Whitsundays - day 4 & 5

Mitaka

30th August – 10th September

Day 4 - Landlubbers Again!

With a big swell and strong winds we took refuge in Cid Harbour for the day and climbed Whitsunday Peak. This was a tough climb but the views were awesome. The wind had reduced by the time we returned to Mintaka and we were able to anchor in the southern inlet Gulnare ready to go onto Hamilton Island the next morning for fuel.

View from Whitsunday peak

Travelling back to Mintaka

 

Day 5 - Simon v Crayfish!

Feeling the pressure to perform on pulling into the prestigious Hamilton Island marina, surrounded by beautiful boats worth more than our house, Simon manoeuvred the 11m cat into a narrow channel and waited for space at the fuel dock. We then took a berth and shopped, showered and soaked up the sophisticated boatie atmosphere on the Island. Berths are charged by the hour (a bit like car parking) and so we kept it short and sweet achieving all of the above in an hour!

Feeling chuffed we sailed to Crayfish bay, certain that we would find dinner. We scoured the bay with snorkels on and were rewarded with a large crayfish. Simon, grabbed it with bare hands and the fight that ensued was entertaining! Needless to say the crayfish won, and lives to see another day!!

We anchored for the night in Tongue Bay, where Jacob did us proud by catching dinner and Simon entertained us by feeding the sharks and then breaking his line when he tried to reel them in! He used the Snook that he'd caught earlier and had two monsters that tore away breaking the line and one exciting moment when a 1 metre bull shark was reeled in!

Two Snook and a Brassy Trevelly!

Sails up ready to go

Not much wind tho!