We decided to spend the day and tonight at Cid Harbour and climb Whitsunday Peak this morning for a bit of exercise and to get what is supposed to be the best view in the Whitsundays.
We are having a baked dinner on Cooinda tonight and Carole offered to supply desert, so before we headed off she baked a Hummingbird cake in the gas oven.
We went ashore around 9.15 am, with a bit of freshness in the breeze and met up with Rod and Ross & Marj. Lee opted for a restful morning on the boat. On the way in to shore we saw a large turtle quite close to our dinghy and had more sightings on the way back. The tide was coming in so we dragged the dinghies well up the beach and tied them to some trees. Something appreciated by the local wildlife as we were to find out later.
The climb to the top of the peak was 2.5km, most of it uphill on a reasonably well defined track, and quite steep in parts. It took us about 1.5 hours, and the view from the top was well worth it. We saw a goanna, a few birds but not a lot of other wildlife. After a good look around and lots of photos, we headed back down the track and were at Sawmill Beach by 12.30pm.
The climb was hard work at times
View from Whitsunday peak summit looking towards Hamilton Island
As we headed around to our dinghies, we saw a goanna climbing into the dinghy next to Rod's, obviously in search of food. It didn't hang around once we got closer. On closer inspection it appeared that it had visited most of the dinghies, ours had a bit of stale bread in it and some sand where it had been and gone.
We had our baked dinner on Cooinda with Rod& Lee and Ross & Marj, which was appreciated by all.
Tomorrow we have booked in to Hamilton Island marina to take on water and a few supplies before heading off for Townsville on Sunday.
Michelle and Cody have booked to meet up with us in Townsville for 4 days from the 20th August.
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