To Tin Can Bay
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Fri 6 May 2016 22:57
To Tin Can Marina over the
Wide Bay Bar
I had a smashing two till six watch
listening to a period romance, made a nice change from murder mystery. Just
before bedtime the sun promised a pretty special
sunrise.
I actually saw some crepuscular rays.
I went for a short sleep and emerged
to hear Bear logging in with Tin Can Rescue. They advised us to go a hundred
metres north of our two waypoints, wished us well and
asked us to let them know when we had reached Inskip Point.
Our actual view.
We entered the
‘mad mile’, the waves quite friendly away to our left. Beez didn’t have
less than 4.8 metres below her and nothing fell off shelves.
Another boats
experience and ours.
Through to Inskip
Point and a happy Bear.
The depth settled to ten metres below
us and we kept our eyes open for two people on the
spit.
There they
were, Jim and Pam had got up really early to wave as we passed. Then they
drove to the marina to wait for us, we first met in Agadir, Morocco, again in
the Cape Verde Islands and the last time was in Trinidad. We were all excited
about meeting again and cannot wait to catch up.
Yet another vast
area of protected water that the First Fleet could have easily described
as very suitable to set up a colony. We saw a big anchorage, then the entrance to Tin Can Bay.
We could now see the marina in the distance and followed the well marked route in through a mooring
field.
Our final corner and the Tin Can Recue Service.
Around the first
line of boats and diagonally there was Jim taking our
picture and Pam. A cup of tea later and we were scooped up after Beez was
settled and Bear had visited Linda in the office. Half an hour away at Rainbow
Beach we immediately felt at home. Our hosts were due to supper with friends and
neighbours – Walter and Vivienne, Jim rang to cancel and we were invited
straightaway. Time for a walk on the beach before becoming
gate-crashers.
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ALL IN ALL A VERY ENJOYABLE
TRIP ENDING AT PAM AND JIM’S
A RESTFUL JOURNEY WITH AN EASY BAR
CROSSING |