Tipplers Passage
Fleck
Tue 17 Nov 2009 04:58
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Date Monday, 16th November
Location: Tipplers Passage, South Stradbroke
Island. 29:48.8S 153:25.25E.
Nice to see the high rise buildings of the Gold
Coast melt into the evening thunderstorm clouds, and even better that the storm
stayed there, and did not follow me these ten miles up to South Stradbroke
Island Travel times are dictated by the tides, especially as a strong northerly
breeze is preventing any sailing in these narrow channels between
the sandbanks. So I didn't leave Bum's Bay until the late afternoon,and I
got the anchor down just as it got really dark, but with no dramas,
as the coloured navigation buoys showed up nicely in the evening light
from the west. Tipplers passage is recomended for the shoreside activity:
daily charter excursions from Gold Coast are the norm, but the last of
these boats have now departed, leaving a nice sheltered area for me and two
houseboats to share. We are very close to the mangroves, but a strong breeze
will hopefully keep the sandflies at bay. Tomorrow some more tide hopping, over
the shallowest part of this waterway into Morton Bay. Wednesday, Manly Boat
Harbour and a rental car to get the liferaft to the factory in the Brisbane
Suburbs on Thursday, 7.30 am! I am to watch them unpack it, to see how
it works, as there has been no way of seeing inside the canister
before.
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