The Narrows to Pancake Ck to Rooney Point, Fraser Island

 

After a long day’s sail (15 hours) from Pancake Creek to Rooney Point, without seeing any whales, we dropped anchor near Tellurian and Euphoria at 8 pm, under the full moon.  Then we heard the whales singing, echoing through our hulls.

Full moon over Fraser Island

Along the way Peter caught a nice spanish mackerel, the first since last November!  Yum!!

Back in Gladstone, we took the north channel out of The Narrows, following a small barge which was checking all the channel markers.  At the last port marker there was a huge osprey nest with a chick sitting in it.  The serviceman was carefully working under the nest while the curious chick was watching him with the anxious parents circling over head.