So heading south and about an hour in to the trip
decided… bugger it… we’re not going back to Airlie, we’re hitting the
islands. The cable ties were holding up
(and there’s a lot more where they came from) and the kids were stinging to do
some snorkelling. We changed course and
headed for Hook Island. So after 6 hours
and 30nm we anchored at Bloodhorn Beach at Hook Island. Jed, as usual, hadn’t even waited for the
anchor to set before he was out on deck fishing, but came up empty.
Bloodhorn Beach
The following morning, after some school work was
done, we put on our wetsuits (as we have seen some stingers floating around)
and jumped in the dinghy and headed over to Langford Island, 2nm away. We hadn’t even got the dinghy on the sand and
the kids had their snorkels, goggles and flippers on and were headed in
backwards (because it’s hard to walk forwards in flippers).
As a snorkelling beginner, I have learnt an
important lesson. If you’re watching something
and it swims away under you, don’t keep watching it as it goes beneath
you. This means your head goes down,
your snorkel fills with water, you get a lungful, start splashing around and
choking and this will attract sharks as well as fits of laughter from supposed
loved ones.
The snorkelling was great but the northerly wind
stirs the silt up so it wasn’t terribly clear but that didn’t seem to bother
anyone as we bumped into each other and kicked each other in the face.
We returned to the boat a couple of hours later and
a hard earned afternoon nap was had.
Our friends Robin & Pam that we met at Great
Keppel, contacted us letting us know they were in Airlie and checking where we
were. They said they would try to catch
up with us over the next few days. It
will be nice to catch up with them again.
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