After studying several weather forecasts, it was agreed that we should head to Camden Haven overnight. We also decided to spend the day at Broughton Island, and leave from there at around mid night.
Anchors were up at Fame Cove at around 10 am, and everything was well covered in mud. We are still not well equipped for a major anchor chain and anchor wash , on retrieval, but a deck wash pump has now moved well up the priority list, So we loaded our muddy chain into the anchor locker, with the knowledge that Coal Shaft Bay at Broughton Island, had a nice clean sandy bottom and if we let the chain our there it would self clean and we then only had to clean the locker !!
We were anchored at Broughton at around 1pm. Neither of us were keen to put a dinghy over the side for our short stay here, so we talked on the VHF and tried to get some rest before our departure tonight. Just before dinner, we were sitting in our cockpits admiring the sunset, when 2 whales slowly swam past Broughton Island between us and the sunset.
Wilparina at Coal Shaft Bay
Sunset at Broughton Island
We had an early dinner and got a few hours sleep before awakening at 11pm for a midnight departure.
Whilst the forecasts continued to look favourable, we were a bit uncomfortable with a strong wind warning posted by BOM at 9pm for the coast between Port Stephens and Port Macquarie. From our anchorage conditions seemed idyllic.
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