To Escape River
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Mon 11 Jul 2016 22:57
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To Escape
River
 Four o’clock this morning, anchor up
in the pitch black, heavens opened and off we went following Bamboozle
out from our shallow nest, we began todays sixty seven mile
journey.
 Our only chum just before seven was
Harmonia Malta.
 Daytime colour on the chartplotter, we
enjoyed the name – Pudding Pan Hill.
 Up next was Bushy
Island, literally a small island with some bushes.
 Such a shame it was so hazy, we missed
a good picture of the Red Hills (red with
bauxite).
 By a quarter to three this afternoon
we began to see the Escape River entrance. A couple
of shallow bits going down to two point four metres below until it rose again to
ten. Rollers from the side in twenty knots of wind, wouldn’t fancy this in
really heavy weather – spoke too soon as the heavens opened, yet
again.
 Once in we were treated to a rainbow.
 We by-passed the pearl farm buoys and settled in three and a half metres,
wind blowing a Hooley but we were snug as bugs in the conservatory. I won a
handsome game of backgammon but lost badly at Mexican train dominos. Tomorrow
sees us at the northernmost point on the mainland, but first we must get through
the Albany Passage that can run five knots against - if you time it badly, from
there we’ll nip round the corner to anchor. Looking forward to our penultimate
journey in Australia and very excited to be heading round Cape
York.
ALL IN ALL GREAT SPEEDS IN
HEAVY TRADE WINDS
GOOD JOURNEY, LONG DAY, TOO MUCH
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