Pauline came to spend a couple of days with us on Magnetic before we headed north, so we hired
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an inconspicuous car |
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On the Forts walk, so close to the mother Koala |
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and her sleeping baby |
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With Jeremy in his new favourite t-shirt, thanks Shaun
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Hinchinbrook was to be our northern most port. We stopped at Orpheus Island on the way.
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Moored at Orpheus |
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The last pictograph warns of crocodiles. We trod very carefully. |
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At the old shepherds hut |
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One of the entrance leads into the Hinchinbrook Passage |
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Lining up the port channel markers to keep us in the deep water |
The changing colours as we made our way through the Hinchinbrook Passage...
We did an overnight sail from Hinchinbrook to Nara Inlet on Hook Island, had some good sailing and good fishing too.
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Filleting a Spanish Mackerel |
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Jeremy caught a Bluefin Tuna, made a very good sushi |
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Sailing with the main, genoa and jib |
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Hard to capture it but the sea was such a deep blue it was almost violet |
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Looking very relaxed despite an imminent flight to Sydney and a brief return to work |
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