Croc Alert! - Cape Grenville, Queensland, Australia
Harmonie
Don and Anne Myers
Sat 17 Jul 2010 02:43
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11:57.389S 143:12.482E
July 16th. Sailing frenzy day 4. 8.5
hours, 65 miles. Perfect wind. Again.
Picture 1 - Harmonie passing Whisper
HR. ....Not that we were racing again - just that we happened to be
going faster than they were.
When we arrived in Margaret Bay, just around the
corner from Cape Grenville, we were greeted by two things; another one of the
now familiar Aussie prawn trawlers whose crew was preparing for a working night,
and our very first crocodile. In the flesh. The giant croc
was lolling on the sand beach with its jaws wide open. Waiting for
dinner? We weren't sure, but he sat there like that for a couple of hours
before disappearing. It wasn't until he disappeared that we worried.
Sorry, no pictures - the croc was too far away for the camera (got a good
glimpse of him through the binoculars though) and we didn't feel compelled
to take the dinghy to shore for a closer look. However, we did bravely hop
into the dinghy to buzz over to Storyteller for a glass of wine and to
pick up some fresh fish from Ray's latest catch. While at anchor, Ray
caught a huge golden trevally, and kindly did not throw the fish guts overboard
until after we had vacated the premises. Since the croc had disappeared
from the beach, we could only assume that he was trawling for dinner,
and Ray didn't want to encourage him to the Storyteller vicinity until
after we had left in our non-crocodile proof blow-up dinghy. Storyteller
closed the gate to their stern platform that night. We didn't go
ashore. Or swim.
Picture 2 - Ray and his gigantic catch.
Excellent tasting fish. Wonder if the croc enjoyed the
guts?
Photo 2 courtesy of Helen.
Anne
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