Tin Can Bay to Fraser Island

We spent a lovely, relaxing couple of days at Tin Can Bay.  It's a great little country town with charming buildings and even more charming people.

On Sunday morning we decided to head to Fraser Island, but when we went to start the motor we realised we had no power.  Thanks to Michael's misspent and questionable youth, he hotwired the motor to get it started.  We then went to pull up the anchor.  No power.  Thankfully Michael is no shrinking violet and was able to pull the anchor up manually so we motored out of Tin Can Bay.

There was no wind to speak of so we motored the 20 odd nautical miles to Fig Tree Creek on Fraser Island.  On the way we saw a seal, a whale and numerous dolphins... all of which are very good at avoiding a camera.  Once at Fig Tree Creek we saw a turtle.  The health status of the turtle has been the subject of debate.

We had a restful night at Fig Tree Creek.

At 7.00am on Monday morning, we hot wired the yacht and headed further north through the Great Sandy Strait.  Again, there was no wind so the 20 nautical miles again was under motor.  For a couple of sailors that could hit a sandbar in the middle of the ocean, we managed to avoid all of them in the Great Sandy Straight (I love Navionics... best $16 I've ever spent).  More fascinating marine life and a smooth trip.  At about midday we arrived at King Fisher Bay Resort.  We went ashore and took a 1.2 km walk up to the North White Cliffs Lookout. 

After our walk we hit the bar at the resort and had a relaxing (if a little numb) afternoon.

This morning Michael had his head back in the motor trying to work out the problem with starting the motor.  It seems the solenoid needs replacing (who am I to argue?)  We'll have to get that fixed when we get to Bundaberg later this week... but right now, I'd better get out on deck because these fish aren't going to catch themselves.