Somewhere North of Airlie

25rd Jul 2010

Now it seems there are those who didn't appreciate my meteoroloical disitation so I guess there will be no more of that. Of course, I do have to mention weather occasionally such as the next sentence so I'm hoping such a mention is OK :

Even though the forecast were still for 25 – 30 kts, we had had enough of the Marina so we pushed on without a particular target. Once outside we had good speed in fair water and considered cashing in on this to get up to the Bowen region. Upon consideration however, I concluded that, given the conditions, we may be pressed to find a good anchorage further north so we pulled into a very snug anchorage somewhere about 15 nm north of Airlie. This will make tomorrows leg an all daylight trip but a key item that had an influence on this decision, was the recommendation that the fishing here was excellent. So after a walk on the beach we got back to Pilgrim and dropped our lines to be rewarded by a good catch of fair size Trevally like fish which proved to be excellent eating. All in all an excellent afternoon in this isolated and beautiful but largely unknown spot some where north of Airlie

After dinner I tuned the HF so we could listen in n the ‘Great Debate’ and being a political issue I shall make no further comment here. (It important to note that Paul and I are diametrically opposed on politics so discussion is to be avoided).