Thursday 6 November
Engine Hours 1314
Total Fuel 740 Litres
Total Hours 646 hours
Green Island to Yorkeys Knob good run but against the tide. Fuelled up and got a berth ,nice clubhouse they had advertised that they run a bus to a shopping centre but they have cut that down to 3 times a week and guess what today isn’t one of those days. Walked to an IGA only a kilometre away and brought some groceries . Ended up winning 2 meat trays that evening at the clubhouse so they went straight into the freezer.

Wednesday 5 November

Spent the day working on the blog site, chatting to the boys ,meeting the visitors .What a great little business Toody has ,have to laugh at Sid ,he just loves mucking around with the japs ,he's always bowing and waving at them ,well only the groups of pretty ,young .bikini clad ones who always respond .

Met George ,the boys grandfather what a legend ,he spent 16 years chashing big crocs up in the fly river in New Guinea .He invited me back to their house and met his wife Shirley their house is just fillled with carvings ,masks ext from New Guinea ,George is regared as somewhat of an expert on them .We had a wonderfull yarn , I really enjoyed my time with him,. Its not often you met a living legend. Relucently I left them and headed back to the boat .On the way I met Sid with the guests from the hotel having drinks on the beach , a bottle of champagne later and with on to go I wandered back to Holly.

Tuesday 4 November
Off to Green Island and meeting up with Sams friend ,Billy's brother who has the beach consession on the island .

Arrived and found an anchorage opposite the beach . Went ashore and met Toody and Sid ,Billy's brothers who made me feel very welcome .

With 3 minutes to spare we rushed around and watched the melbourne cup , it didnt cause much of a stir amongst the jap tourists however.

Sid took me over to his grandparents croc display and I had a wander around ,boy they have got some monsters there , and then I remembered that were I'm heading ,right in the middle of their homes , I looked at them in new light then.

Went and watched Sid do his thing as activies officer for the resort at the fish feeding on the jetty ,he puts on a good show, then off to bed.

Monday 3 November

Ran over to Fitzroy Island ,on the way put the lure out ,no luck. I went up to the eastern edge of the island where there is rocks and reef off the end ,thought i'd have a fish. Motored as close to the rocks as I could , left the engine running and raced out the back and dropped a line over the back.

The engine jumped into reverse and my line wrapped around the prop.

OH DEAR .

Cut the engine and watched to make sure that I didn't drift into the rocks , on with the face mask and with a knife , over the back. Sometimes it pays not to think , just act. With the back of the boat slamming up and down I was over the side ,big dive and came up under the prop,quick cut and then some swift strokes to get away from the slamming boat . Back onboard and a badly needed cold beer as I contemplated what I'd done . Well the sharks,stingers and crocks didn't get me and how I got away with the slamming boat was just good luck ,but the last thing I wanted was another $3,500.00 repair for a new gearbox.

On to the resort and a few cold beers ashore with Dee the barmaid wonderwoman.

The resort is being done up and is nearly finished it will be good to call in on my way back to see the result.

Stayed the night.

Sunday 2 November
Left Innisfail and travelled over to Normandy Island ,it is a protected island and had a tourist boat their. Went for a walk around the island , very beautifull . The beach was solid broken coral.

The rocks are all made from old coral and are spectacular

A really nice spot , sad to leave it . The wind could be a bit of a worry so I went over to High Island for the night.

Saturday 1 November
Stayed in Insnisfail another night as the wind was still a bit strong .

Friday 31 October
Left Mourilyan Harbour after checking the crab pots. No crabs and a bit blowy when I got outside . Had a smooth run up to the Johnson River and then a toey crossing of the bar but in the end it all went well . Nice run up to Innisfail , saw the left over damage of the cyclone last year. moored in the centre of town.The town is really beautifull with all the roofs quite new after cyclone . the old buildings have been done up and looked really good.

One of the walkways had this really neat set of tiles that was about crocs .

and something I,ve never seen before , a stature to cane cutters .