To Sanctuary Cove
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Tue 26 Apr 2016 22:57
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To Oscar and Peta’s Jetty in
Sanctuary Cove
  I entered the six and a half mile
course to Sanctuary Cove, looks a bit
busy.
 In
reality.
 Engine on at nine thirty, it took ten
minutes of motoring forward so Bear could get the anchor up in gusts of twenty
seven knots and a current like someone had pulled a plug out somewhere. At least
we could see across the bay to Crab Island, sad we
never got to bimble ashore but it was nice to be on the move.
 A working
girl passed us with a rather smart piece of machinery aboard. A couple of
huge motor cruisers, going in opposite directions, both were very polite and
slowed so we didn’t leap about in their cross-wakes.
 A little further, wow, a one careful owner. Not what we expected to see in these
parts.
 Some very parsey
houses, so reminiscent of our time on the ICW
going through Fort Lauderdale.
  Several turnings on the left were to developments,
anchorages and private harbours.
  The view behind us on the Coomera River. The
river was first discovered by Patrick
Logan in
May 1827. The waterway was originally named the River Arrowsmith after
a London cartographic firm by Robert Dixon, a government surveyor. However, Thomas
Mitchell, the Colonial
Surveyor General,
overruled this and other names, replacing them with Aboriginal names.
Another left
turn.
  A big open space, a new development with a big house on
the corner.
  An even bigger
one on the next corner.
 Gold Coast,
Queensland or somewhere in Florida ?????
 Empty slot,
possibly five hundred thousand pounds.
  More big
houses.
 Our favourite so
far.
 Smaller
houses for a change.
 Our turn on the
left, at the bottom of the turning Oscar was there to take our ropes.
Soon we were indoors enjoying a cappuccino and a catch up.
 We had the perfect guide for our tour
around the area. Sanctuary Cove will host the biggest boat
show in the Southern Hemisphere in May. After stopping at the local store
for a few bits we returned to Beez, ate lunch, I won a tight five four
game of backgammon and then the heavens opened. We have the use of a car and
free reign of the house but we tucked ourselves in tight, a few indoor chores
and an episode of Broadchurch.
ALL IN ALL CANNOT GET OVER
THE KINDNESS OF OUR HOSTS
BEAUTIFUL, QUIET AND NO
BOUNCING |