Tuesday 20th
June 2017
Breakwater Marina
Townsville, Qld
Monday morning we left Mission Beach.
Sad to leave Pete and Maddie, and Baggins the dog, who
clearly didn’t want Pete Headlam ever to leave his side, much as he loves his
own Pete and his own devoted Maddie.
We scooted down the coast and the Hinchinbrook Channel
with a minimum of drama and anchored off gorgeous little Haycock Island for the
night.
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| Haycock Island |
Last time we were in this beautiful
channel
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| Hinchinbrook Island |
we anchored up a broad creek lined with mangroves. It all looked very benign and beautiful but…as
soon as the anchor started to descend we were enveloped in a cloud of very
happy hungry bitey insects. Ouch ouch
itch itch. We hoped that Haycock Island
would be kinder and yes, it was, more or less.
No small bities but…lots of big mosquitoes.
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| Lucinda sugar jetty (just around the corner from Haycock is) |
Sigh…But we have mosquitoes, and I have a large packet
of antihistamines.
We left in the dark this morning to get to Townsville
in time. I wanted to get to the office
before they closed, to get a swiper-key for the gate, and change for the washing
machines. They close at 5pm and we
walked into the office at 4.58… Fortunately they are the nicest marina people we
have yet encountered so all was well.
And we won a prize for being repeat customers – a voucher for Pete to
have a huge hamburger at the award-winning joint just across the road.
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| Townsville in sight |
So all is well, yet again. We are safely tied up in Townsville, which feels
very much like a second home by now. Our
bloodstained bedding is being purified (all those insect bites…) Gin and tonic is tinkling away in our
glasses. And tomorrow we have a
Townsville Day.
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