Day 23: Goldsmith Is. – Hamilton Is. - Sawmill Bay - Flingtime
Main menu:
- Background
- Day Zero, Day-1: Jacob's Well - Wellington Point
- Day2: Wellington Point - Pumicestone Passage (Bribie Island-South)
- Day-3: Pumicestone Passage - Mooloolaba
- Day 4: Mooloolaba - Double Island Point
- Day 5: Double Island Point – Garry’s Anchorage, Gt.( Sandy Straights)
- Day 6: Garry’s Anchorage – Urangan
- Day 7: Urangan – Burnett Heads (Bundaberg)
- Day 8: Burnett Heads – Pancake Creek
- Day 9: Pancake Creek – Hummocky Island (via Cape Capricorn)
- Day 10: Hummocky Island – Rosslyn Bay (via Lisa Jane Shoals) – Great Keppel Island
- Day 11,12: Great Keppel Island (Leeke’s Beach)
- Day 13: Great Keppel Island – Rosslyn Bay
- Day 14: Rosslyn Bay – Pearl Bay
- Days 15,16,17 - Pearl Bay....
- Day 18: Pearl Bay – Hexham Island
- Day 19: Hexham Island – Curlew Island
- Day 20: Curlew Island - Mackay
- Day 21: Mackay
- Day 22: Mackay – Goldsmith Is.
- Day 23: Goldsmith Is. – Hamilton Is. - Sawmill Bay
- Day 24: Sawmill Bay - Blue Perl Bay – Hook Is., Stonehaven Bay
- Day 25: Stonehaven Bay - Nara Inlet
- Day 26: Nara Inlet –via Whitsunday Passage/Molle Group – Hamilton Is
- Day 27: Hamilton Is – Shag Islet (Passage Is.) in Gloucester Passage
- Day 28: Gloucester Passage - Cape Upstart
- Day 29: Cape Upstart - Townsville
- Day 30: Townsville – Horseshoe Bay (Magnetic Is.)
- Day 31: Horseshoe Bay (Magnetic Is.) at anchor
- Day 32: Magnetic Is. – Orpheus Is. (Palm Group)
- Day 33: Orpheus Is. – Dunk Is.
- Day 34: Dunk Is.- Etty Bay – Johnstone River (Innisfail)
- Day 35: Innisfail – Fitzroy Is.
- Day 36: Fitzroy Is. – Vlasoff Cay – Michaelmas Cay
- Day 37: Michaelmas Cay – Yorkey’s Knob (Half Moon Bay Marina)
Day 23: Goldsmith Is. – Hamilton Is. - Sawmill Bay
Wednesday, 5-June-2013
It was quite a windy night with gentle rocking & rolling.
It rained heavily around 05:00 and remained overcast all morning.
07:40 We weighed anchor and motor sailed on autopilot, SOG 6 knots, TWS 22 knots, TWA 150degrees.
In Dent Passage we phoned Hamilton Island Marina and booked one night the following Sunday ($105)Casual visitors are charged $17.50/hour! Today we were picking up Mike's wife Jenny who was flying in and planned to drop her back on Sunday.
It rained again but had cut back to drizzle by the time we arrived at the marina at mid-day.
We had long hot showers and lunch when Jenny arrived.
15:10 departed the marina and hoisted the spinnaker for our run up towards Hayman Is, Blue Pearl Bay.
16:45 The drizzle had stopped, the wind had dropped so we decided to anchor at Sawmill Bay and have a proper relaxing sundowner and dinner.
Dinner...in case we ever forget:-
Sundowners: King Is. blue brie, washed rind soft cheese, Maggie Beer's duck pate, washed down with Crozer champagne.
Dinner: Green chicken curry with zucchini and 'surprise' peas added.
Our first dessert on this trip; Jenny made asumptuous chocolate refrigerator cake (Lindt 70%, digestives, prunes steeped in sherry, glace cherries, pistachios, pecans, golden syrup) Serious stuff!
