Sunday 26th May

Sunday 26th May

Portland Roads to Cape Grenville

Pete is on the phone to Rosemary, by satellite, asking…Where is the path paved with blue thongs?? All will be revealed no doubt…(Our kindly Cairns friends Rosemary, John and Bill gave us lots of notes on Things To Do in the islands of Far North Qld.)

Obviously we did leave Portland Roads. It was still very windy and wild, but going NORTH instead of EAST meant that we had a very pleasant, if brisk, trip up the coast. No battling against huge waves, no uncalled for gybing and sad looks on Captain Pete’s face… 

We missed Forbes Islet and a chance to swim, and the Olive River, with the chance to see huge crocs. The wind, the tricky reefs and the waves just didn’t allow either of these treats.

So what did we see??? The sea, the sea, the beautiful sea… And lots of islands. One of them, near our anchorage at Margaret Bay, off Cape Grenville, has a resort – Hicks Island. It must be the most remote resort you can think of…on a funny low island with a ridge of startled palms running all the way along it. And a few birds…and one lone dolphin.

Tomorrow we will take the dinghy in to shore and see if we can find the path paved with blue thongs and yes all will be revealed…