The weather wasn’t the greatest to be taking off
but we’d used up our week (and all our money) and had to make our way out of
the marina. We checked the maps and
decided the short trip to Double Bay East would keep us out of the strong winds
predicted to hit. So 12nm north in just
2.5 hours and we were throwing our anchor down in a fairly sheltered area.
I also managed to forget to return the marina key
upon our departure. Now I own a key that
cost me $50 and opens nothing I own.
We’d only been anchored for about 10 minutes when a
neighbouring yachty, Bruce, came up in his dinghy with a huuuuuge golden
trevally and asked “Do you want this? I
just caught it and I don’t have enough room in my fridge for it.” Needless to say, we wanted it. That night we had a big feast of
trevally. For people who live on the
water, we don’t eat a lot of seafood and it was lovely to have a big feed of
fresh fish.
With limited internet, we were discussing our
options with Bruce and he suggested Gloucester Island. He would be heading up there the following
morning and as it has a line of sight to Bowen, the internet connectivity
should be good. So the decision was made
to follow Bruce the following morning.
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