Sunday 27 July
Fine. We left with the high tide to go back to Gladstone.
We left one of the jewels of the trip so far. The creek system consisted of long winding passageways fringed with mangroves. The beach was amazing; there is a strip of dead trees near the dune line. It runs for ages along the beach leading the eye to Cape Capricorn and the distinctive Yellowpatch Sand Blow. As one walks through the dead trees the twisted shapes take on the appearance of all kinds of creatures. A dog with 6 legs is followed by a ballerina with 4 arms followed by a 3 legged dragon the images are only limited to your imagination. Looking out to sea one sees the islands of the Capricorn Group and then to the north is the Keppel Islands. The fishing is good with Whiting, Silver and Pike bream, Salmon and Flathead .The mud crabs were elusive but the 2 bucks that we caught were whoppers. Gary who has crabbed for many years stated they were the biggest he had caught. It is a shame to leave such a paradise.