Lat: 13:29.4 S: Long: 143:43.3 E

31^st August, 2013 – Morris Island, Queensland, Australia

Morris Island proved the perfect venue for an afternoon stroll, assuming we didn’t mind sharing with the local crocodile population.  Having spotted a long flat spit of white sand we challenged Yantina and Pearl of Persia to a petanque contest. Daughter Laura had given Alan a set of boules several years ago but it had remained buried in the bilges. I don’t think anyone was concentrating too hard on their throws – they were too busy keeping an eye open for crocodiles. After the contest we made a circuit of the island (took all of 15 minutes) and discovered the grave of a local fisherman complete with an assortment of “tributes” such as business cards, old flip-flops, attractive drift-wood and various scraps of flotsam and jetsam.  When Andrew and Will (from Yantina) did their circuit of the island they discovered the deep imprint of a large crocodile’s body not far from the water, on the wet sand where we had only just passed. I don’t know whether it was just that we hadn’t noticed the tracks or whether the crocodile had arrived since we passed. Nevertheless we made a fairly quick departure.