Tuesday 21st October
What a night. One of the calmest, stillest nights you could get and we got EATEN ALIVE BY SAND FLIES.
Checked the weather because we definitely weren’t staying another night in Barker’s Creek.
Weather not favourable to go north and so it was unanimously decided to head back to Gladstone and wait the southerlies out. The northerlies hit around Friday arve and we are going to start and head back south.
It was a bit of an eventful morning. The rudder hit down and we did a sheer pin which is what is meant to happen but you then have no steerage. Trev stood on it to weigh it back down while Phil got the new sheer pins and spanners out and we were right again.
Coming closer to the marina it got extremely rough with wind against tide and the joggle of the water coming back off a couple of ships that were loading up it was very rough and the boat did a bit of slamming and we got a little wet from the spray that that caused. Phil wise words were “we just have 2 boat lengths to go” - ship boat lengths that was and then some.
It was really nice to hit the calm protected waters of the marina entrance.
So for the next few days we will be in Gladstone and there won’t be much to share with everyone except what we have for dinner. :)
We will let you know when we are moving on – At this stage Friday morning if the northerly comes in and we will be heading to Pancake Creek. Hopefully we can catch a fish or two up that creek.
I was half tempted to put yesterday’s pictures in reverse. (giggle)
We found out that there are 3 separate gas plants on the island - owned by different companies. I popped a few extra pics for you to check out.
What a night. One of the calmest, stillest nights you could get and we got EATEN ALIVE BY SAND FLIES.
Checked the weather because we definitely weren’t staying another night in Barker’s Creek.
Weather not favourable to go north and so it was unanimously decided to head back to Gladstone and wait the southerlies out. The northerlies hit around Friday arve and we are going to start and head back south.
It was a bit of an eventful morning. The rudder hit down and we did a sheer pin which is what is meant to happen but you then have no steerage. Trev stood on it to weigh it back down while Phil got the new sheer pins and spanners out and we were right again.
Coming closer to the marina it got extremely rough with wind against tide and the joggle of the water coming back off a couple of ships that were loading up it was very rough and the boat did a bit of slamming and we got a little wet from the spray that that caused. Phil wise words were “we just have 2 boat lengths to go” - ship boat lengths that was and then some.
It was really nice to hit the calm protected waters of the marina entrance.
So for the next few days we will be in Gladstone and there won’t be much to share with everyone except what we have for dinner. :)
We will let you know when we are moving on – At this stage Friday morning if the northerly comes in and we will be heading to Pancake Creek. Hopefully we can catch a fish or two up that creek.
I was half tempted to put yesterday’s pictures in reverse. (giggle)
We found out that there are 3 separate gas plants on the island - owned by different companies. I popped a few extra pics for you to check out.
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