Silver Gull Creek to Raft Point: we saved a few good spots for the return journey, planning for better tides and hoping for suitable winds in the anchorages. The winds have been hard to pick at times, varying by the old 40% factor (thanks Coast Guard!).
West of Raft Point, Montgomery Reef is a massive reef stretching 18 nm (36 km) around several small islets. As the Spring tide drops the water pours off the reef creating noisy streams and cascades and an egret smorgasbord of trapped fish.
Instead of
returning to Sampson Inlet we anchored at the beach around from Wilson’s Point, then as we dinghied
into the beach at low tide for our morning walk (no crocs sighted!) a pair of
brolgas were strolling along and dancing on the sand. At the western end the pandanus, trees and
shrubs were full of birds: honeyeaters, finches, doves and cockatoos. A small
spring was flowing under the shrubs and attracting the birds and some small
animals, guessing by the prints in the sand.
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| brolgas in flight |
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| brolga prints |
Careening Bay is home to the big old boab known as the
Mermaid Tree, made famous by Phillip Parker King who emblazoned the ship’s name
and 1820 into the trunk, similar to our Ivy boab. Nowadays it would just be called graffiti ;)
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| old graffiti |
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