Tuesday 29th August 2017
Today is our last full day out on the water
with Peter and Sharon, before returning to Abell Point Marina tomorrow, so they
can fly out on Thursday. It has been a very peaceful night at Stonehaven, and
it looks like we are in for another day of light breezes.
After breakfast, we decided to motor over
to Langford Reef near Hayman Island to have a walk ashore at low tide and do
some snorkeling. Imagine also headed over there, and Kite Runner headed in the
direction of Blue Pearl Bay.
It was close to low tide when we picked up
a morning at Langford and we cautiously took the dingy into shore, dodging the
coral heads and very shallow water on final approach.
On the mooring at Langford Reef
The sand spit that is exposed at low tide
is a lot bigger than it looks and it was a healthy walk to the end of it where
had a great view looking back at Stonehaven.
Looking towards Langford Island
Looking towards Stonehaven
It was then time to get in the water and do
some snorkeling. The coral is all quite damaged, like everywhere else from the
cyclone, but there is some colour and colourful fish.
Back at the boat we are entertained by the
arrival of some hungry batfish, who went into a feeding frenzy when a few
biscuit crumbs were tossed over the stern.
A storm was developing out at sea, and
after some early sprinkles of rain, we decided to move south where the weather
looked a lot nicer.
It took us just over 2 hours to motor to
Cid Harbour, our planned destination for tonight. Imagine were about 15 minutes
behind us. Conditions at Cid were much better, and after a late lunch, we took the dinghy into Sawmill
Beach for a look around.
We were keen to stretch our legs further,
so headed off on the walk to Dugong beach, with John and Sue from Imagine.
Peter decided to mind the dinghies and relax. He has given his knees a good
workout this morning.
By 5pm we were back on board for sundowners
on Mica. We had noticed that Dalwhinnie was also anchored nearby, so invited
Brian to join us, with Sue and John. Brian sailed across on his own from Airlie
as Amanda is back in Sydney.
It is a perfect afternoon at Cid Harbour
with glassy conditions. There were a few turtle spottings just after we
arrived.
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