WEEK 5 -1st JULY (Happy 15th Birthday darling Sam)

It's been a while I know and it has come to my attention that one of my dear readers is becoming quite impatient. Bill from Mooloolaba is waiting patiently with baited breath for the next instalment.  I do hope I don't disappoint, although have to say that it all has become a tad mundane of late as we wait and dodge, dodge and wait the atrocious weather we have encountered the last few weeks. We are determined however, to carry on regardless with the expectation of magic days that we know are up ahead. 

Lovely Mooloolaba

Unfortunately like the Gold Coast we had to escape lovely Mooloolaba at lunchtime, but it was a necessity in order to beat the atrocious rain and wild weather and seas that were coming. Luckily we made it to Double Island Point where we managed to have a quiet night anchored off the beach just around the corner of the Point. It was almost like glass. We left there at 3.30 am as we needed to catch the high tide at 5.30am to enter the notorious Wide Bay Bar at Inskip Point, Fraser Island. It lived up to it's reputation of white water and breaking waves, but Silver Affair has become quite good at surfing and we came out the other side still in one piece - sort of. The galley looked like it had been through a bit of an earthquake, but only had to toss a couple of broken glasses, which happens to be very rare on a catamaran. 


Plans have changed slightly because of all the delays and we are now aiming for Great Keppel Island within the next week ready for Trudy & company to join us. On thinking about it we decided that in a way it could prove a better alternative than the Whitsundays. Part of the Resort is open again, including the Wappaburra Beach Bar which the kids will enjoy for their treats and snacks etc. It's also a gorgeous beach and the boys will have fun on Pop's sort of new SUP (stand up paddle board) "Yeh" as well as exploring the island in the inflatable dinghy. Plenty of things to do, island walking tracks for the energetic amongst us as well as fishing and then there is snorkelling at the 7 beautiful little beaches around the island.  So Bundaberg next, 1770, Gladstone then the Keppels.  Beautiful sunny day today, dolphins jumping, it's finally all happening.  Then the pressure is on again after the Keppels as we keep going to the Whitsundays and get ready to greet our onboard visitor from Germany, Nina's Dad. Can't wait.