Sunday 25 May
Up early and left quickly to head north. I wanted to catch the tide. Diverted through Gary’s Anchorage mostly house boats moored there. The day is once again perfect .Travelling along at ¾ revs and still getting 5 ½ knots with the tide. Saw heaps of turtles, they stick their heads out of the water and take a big breath. Some of the heads are very large.
Had lunch near Ungowa Jetty. It used to be a forestry station but now is a ranger station. Just to the south is Sheridan Flats where the tides meet. What this means is although the tide is still coming in as you pass the flats it starts running the other way.
Moored up just south of Kingfisher Resort .On old jetty stands, here that was used by a quarantine station and before that, a missionary set up camp here in the 1800’s.
The sunset was once again beautiful and as the sun set all the lights came on along the ridge at Riverheads. The only way to describe them is just like fairy lights shimmering across the water.
Dinner tonight was pan-fried sausages with fresh salad, whipped avocado with sweet chilli sauce and onions and garlic with a oriental plum sauce. It is a tough life but someone has to do it.