Another early morning, and a big day planned to make the run from "Gary's Anchorage" through the Great Sandy Strait, across Hervey Bay and into Bundaberg by early evening, a 72 mile trip.
Absolutely windless motoring for a good part of the day, made for a perfect day of whale-watching through Hervey Bay, except for we didn't see any whales. Not a one! But we did see lots of dugongs, lolling around on the surface and lazily rolling out of our way as we passed them.
By mid-afternoon we were sailing along under our big Gennaker headsail, and covering serious distance. Unfortunately, not quite enough distance, as we arrived at the entrance to Bundaberg's river just after dark. And I mean dark. Pitch black dark with not a skerrick of moonlight.
Absolutely windless motoring for a good part of the day, made for a perfect day of whale-watching through Hervey Bay, except for we didn't see any whales. Not a one! But we did see lots of dugongs, lolling around on the surface and lazily rolling out of our way as we passed them.
By mid-afternoon we were sailing along under our big Gennaker headsail, and covering serious distance. Unfortunately, not quite enough distance, as we arrived at the entrance to Bundaberg's river just after dark. And I mean dark. Pitch black dark with not a skerrick of moonlight.
Maximum glass through Hervey Bay
I found the entry leads a little confusing but we blundered into our pre-booked marina spot, fortunately assisted by the skipper from the boat next door who was coincidentally up on deck.
In the morning, we discovered that we were right next to the fuel dock, which was handy because I wanted to top up the tanks.
Bundaberg's Marina is quite nice, with good facilities, (and the BEST co-op fish shop) but quite a way out of town. We knew we were staying for awhile to wait out a few days of nasty strong wind warnings. So, happy enough to be tied up securely.
We filled the tanks from our Jerry cans as we didn't feel the need to deal with the wind to move to the bowsers, when we could just take a few steps to fill the jerries.
So we spent a pleasant week or so in Bundy, socialising with various crew from other cruising yachts who were all biding their time waiting for the wind to abate a little.
In the morning, we discovered that we were right next to the fuel dock, which was handy because I wanted to top up the tanks.
Bundaberg's Marina is quite nice, with good facilities, (and the BEST co-op fish shop) but quite a way out of town. We knew we were staying for awhile to wait out a few days of nasty strong wind warnings. So, happy enough to be tied up securely.
We filled the tanks from our Jerry cans as we didn't feel the need to deal with the wind to move to the bowsers, when we could just take a few steps to fill the jerries.
So we spent a pleasant week or so in Bundy, socialising with various crew from other cruising yachts who were all biding their time waiting for the wind to abate a little.
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