Heading towards Mackay

Saturday, 4 September 2010

Departed S Molle resort this morning and had a very pleasant run down to Genesta Bay. It’s a lovely bay with long sandy beaches and appears to be very sheltered, though if we get a strong southerly it would be a bit rolly. At the moment north-east winds are forecast, but today we hardly had anything and motored all the way.

We enjoyed our stay at S Molle, the staff are excellent, they are all young girls from UK, Ireland and Canada on work visas and they went out of their way to be helpful. Same couldn’t be said for the resort itself. Very tired and in need of a lot of money spent on it. Plumbing was atrocious and rooms a bit archaic. It caters mainly for young back-packers and they will pout up with anything.

Yesterday was spent doing all the chores both domestic and on the boat.

We want to get down to Mackay before this very strong southerly change comes through, forecast here for Wednesday. It is causing havoc in the southern states; we hope it is not so strong when it goes through here.

Chez made the decision yesterday to stay on an extra 2 weeks. She now flies from Brisbane to Port on Saturday 25th September.

No phone or internet coverage here, probably have to wait til Mackay to post this.

Sunday, 5 September 2010

Father’s Day today and Chez has looked after me, lovely breakfast and good weather, though not enough wind to sail. The water was like a mill pond all day.

We saw 2 sea snakes in Genesta Bay, swimming on the surface, but when they saw us they quickly dived down. Pale greenish/yellow with bands and about a meter long. Also a pod of dolphins came over to us to check us out. Last evening an army helicopter came over and spent about an hour doing practice landings and manoeuvres on the beach near us.