Blog 25. Saturday 8 June. Still in Mackay
Alcedo
David Batten
Sun 9 Jun 2019 09:21
Wednesday was not too bad a day, but the forecast for Thursday and Friday showed 25 knots of S to ESE winds with gusting 30+ and we have had all of that. We took a decision on Wednesday am that there was little point in sitting in potentially rough anchorages with difficulty of getting ashore, so we stayed put and went to the Marina to extend our visit and buy charts of the Whitsunday Islands and this coast to back up the Garmin and ISailor. The lovely lady in the marina, we think Liz, then gave us really helpful information on good anchorages, walks in the reserves, where to see Koalas, where to avoid the charter yachts, crocodiles and other undesirables. Couldn’t be better and worth waiting in Mackay for a few more days.
So we have been entertaining ourselves with walks to mouth of the Pioneer River..
At the mouth of the Pioneer River showing breakers over the bar and the green marker.
We also saw this little fellow:
Red Capped Plover on the beach, as were his wife and family.
Pissed off, Skipper has just lost half the blog when getting the iPad to check it, so will have to finish later. Supper is ready!
Alcedo
Sent from my iPad