To Tongue Bay

Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Mon 30 May 2016 22:37
To Tongue Bay, Whitsunday
Island
![]() We woke this morning to the
uninterrupted beauty and pure white sand of Whitehaven
Bay.
![]() At nine o’clock the first ferry of the day arrived. It was Orca, the
ferry who took the injured turtle yesterday. I tried them on 16 - no answer,
Bear suggested 07 - no answer. Mmm, will try when they get going, we would so
love to find out if she made it safely to the sanctuary.
![]() Nearly four miles of sand, the visitors soon spread out.
![]() We were preparing to leave so by the
time I saw the ferry heading back to the mainland I
had left it too late to find out about the turtle. I did hail them and they did
answer but then they turned the corner and disappeared behind the hill, putting
them out of range. Oh well, next time we get the internet we’ll look up the
sanctuary and telephone for an update.
![]() ![]() Todays
journey was literally around the corner, all four point eight miles, all
in deep water, with just one well marked, cheeky
rock.
![]() It is still hard to believe that no turtles can lay their eggs
along the whitest sand.
![]() To our right, Esk
Island which is rumoured to have the most death adders per square foot
than anywhere else in Australia. Not a place I need rush
to visit and very pleased you put it in black and
white..........
![]() You can camp on the island for the princely sum of five dollars seventy and just for your information Big Bear: Unlike most snakes, death adders produce litters of live young. In the late summer, a female death adder will produce a litter of live babies, approximately 3–20, however over 30 young have been recorded in a single litter. The common death adder venom contains highly toxic neurotoxin which can cause paralysis or even death. It can deliver the fastest strike among all venomous snakes recorded in Australia. Human death can occur within six hours after the bite. With these and all the biteys are people complete lunatics……………... ![]() Esk Island with Border Island to the
left under a sky full of clouds.
![]() Beez
final look back at Whitehaven Bay.
![]() As we started around the corner we
had a good laugh. A very over-populated dinghy had
clearly been too low in the water to wiggle through the reef that fringes the
beach in Tongue Bay. They had chosen the alternative, which is to motor to the
Whitehaven side and use the track up to the Lookout from this side. The
squealing and giggling coming from the very wet occupants was very
comical.
![]() Some tourists come via helicopter or seaplane for an aerial view at low
tide.
![]() The corner.
![]() Tongue Bay
with about a dozen visitor’s buoys.
![]() Spank
Me – what a name to give a boat....
![]() We settled on a visitor’s buoy at ten
o’clock. Low tide for the spectacular views was not for a couple of hours so we
sat in the cockpit with a cappuccino (Coles spelling for a change) and got stuck
in to a game of backgammon. Yeeha, my winning form was back with a five one win
and I’m up to four hundred and ninety dollars. Disgraceful. No it’s really good. Huh. Time to go ashore
methinks.
ALL IN ALL A CUTE
HOP
SHORT AND
SWEET |