Gladstone to Great Keppel Is.

Manutai was tied up at the Gladstone Marina while we spent the weekend in Sydney - Erin & Connor's fantastic wedding and a family lunch at Yellow. Spent Monday provisioning - thanks for the loan of the car Martha - and had dinner with Jeremy & Patrick Hastings and Sam Hill at Gladstone's new tapas bar.

X marks the spot

Fishing boat in Gladstone Harbour

Giving way to traffic in the Gladstone shipping channel

One of the nice things about the auto pilot, aka the designated driver, is that even when you're occupied with other tasks, such as the gutting and filleting of a fish, the boat keeps moving along in the right direction.

Another fishing boat in Gladstone harbour

Landed a Spanish Mackerel

Filleting like Tom taught me how to do

A mackerel portion and my weird foot

Mackerel for dinner, at anchor in Great Keppel Island

The Washing Machine at Great Keppel

Sittin' under the cabana

Our going ashore backpack, thanks Julia!

Hixon Islet

Seagull on Andiamo!'s dinghy motor,
while we enjoyed a very pleasant morning tea aboard Manutai.