Saturday, 2nd August: Joined at anchor this morning by Tony and Nola on Follow the Sun. An Alfred’s Cruise to Horseshoe Bay rather than Hallets Beach for us this weekend. Today, Carr and I caught a local bus around to Nelly Bay where the ferries come in from Townsville. Oh dear. What a shame such unsympathetic development has been permitted here as a pretty little bay has been thoroughly spoiled. However, the bakery is very good with the best bacon and egg rolls we have ever eaten.
Sunday, 3rd August. A layback day then sundowners and a bbq ashore with Evening Star and Follow the Sun where we are joined by Rob from Brisbane who is on his way to the Louisiades in his Hanse 42 Imagin. Rob has heard that the elders who run the islands have declared August an alcohol free month after some recent problems there. Sounds like a fun place at the moment. We were then joined by a number of curlews with their distinctive call which sounds like they are being murdered.
Monday, 4th: Woken by the jackhammers at 7 am so decided to take a bus tour around the island to get away from them. A small island but full of beautiful little bays and thick vegetation, a mix of eucalypt on the hills and tropical in the gullies. We hear about the 25 kms of walking tracks in and around the island including the Forts Walk and decide to do it tomorrow morning.
Tuesday, 5th: A steep 7 km walk to a now abandoned defence post built during WW2 to protect Townsville in the event of a Japanese invasion from the northeast. The stiff climb up to the old gun emplacements and observation tower were well worth the effort with stunning views out over the Coral Sea and back over to Townsville. The bus driver had told us about the large numbers of whales to be seen from the various vantage points on the track but there were none about today. We should have been there yesterday!
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