Wednesday 15th July 2015
There was no excuse for not having a good
nights sleep, as it was dead calm all night at Nara. There wasn’t a lot of
activity on board until around 8 am.
After breakfast, we went ashore to do the
brief walk up to the aboriginal caves and take in some of the exhibits that
have been put in place to explain the history of the Ngaro people. The tide was
pretty high so finding a place to park our dinghy was a challenge. It is yet
another lovely day and it is very calm at our anchorage.
Intrepid bushwalkers heading up to Aboriginal site
Mica at anchor from a lookout on the walk
A trailer sailor with a couple of old guys
on board try to sail out from deep in the inlet, doing about 1 knot. They
eventually come alongside us and they are in deep dialogue about an electrical
problem they have on board and are devising a scheme to put a few strands of
wire together to make a fuse. By the time we were ready to leave they were only
about half a mile down the inlet and had dropped an anchor.
Our plan is to head out through the Hook
Channel in the direction of Tongue Bay. It is such a great day, we decide
to go to Border Island for lunch, and were fortunate enough to get a mooring on
the edge of the bay.
Whilst we were there I decided to top up
the water tank and made about 90 litres
of water, had a very nice salad for lunch, and went out in the dinghy to look
at the fringing reef very close to our mooring. The mooring lines here are
huge, and Carole struggled to get it on board, but did so somehow.
At around 3pm we cast off the mooring and
motored to Tongue Bay, a trip of only around 5 nm. There is no breeze, but the
scenery is impressive, motoring between Border Island and Dumbell Island. On
arrival at Tongue Bay, the anchorage is packed. We found a cosy spot and were
entertained by visits from turtles, dugongs and had a bit of fun catching a lot
of undersized fish. Hopefully in the
morning we might catch something we can eat.
Dumbell Island
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