It was a bit dull when we awoke after a good nights sleep in a very still Iluka Harbour. We had success in catching our stowaway mouse overnight and it was buried at sea this morning.
The cloud disappeared as the sun rose higher and we ended up with a bright sunny day.
View towards the Fish co-op.
I took the dinghy back to town, so we could get a few items from the IGA and Mark could fill Koonya's gas bottle. I have decided to leave it on the deck inflated for the next couple of legs, as the curse of no wind stays with us. On the positive side, it has encouraged us to try a few anchorages we would otherwise have bypassed (Trial bay and Byron Bay).
While we were getting ready to go, the local harbour cruise passed through Iluka Harbour
High tide today is at just after 3pm, so we will wait around till 1 pm to pull up anchor, to allow sufficient depths to get out of Iluka harbour, and for the river bar to flatten out a bit. We gingerly left our anchorage, with a little less water under us than when we arrived. Koonya was happy to follow us out. Transit across the bar was uneventful after passing through the heads at 1.30 pm.
The trip up the coast was slower than hoped with the east coast current still plaguing us. It was dark by 5.30pm, but quite a pleasant night, although cloud obscured the moon.
We didn't get to Byron Bay until 10.30 pm, set the anchor and had a stiff drink. We had dinner along the way and watched a bit of TV news, before we lost our signal at around Ballina.
The anchorage at Byron is a bit bouncy, but will hopefully settle down. We will be too tired to notice anyway. There seems to be plenty of action at the Byron Bay pub with the music easily heard from our anchorage.
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