I woke at 6am and heard the noise of outboard engines going
past the yacht so I got up and jumped in the dinghy to go pull the crab trap. I
did not want anyone stealing again. Up the creek at first light is not a good
idea with the midgies and sand flies in full flight and taking an instant
liking to me. I got the trap up quickly and sped back to the boat empty handed.
Can’t blame anyone for no crabs this time!!
It was moving day so after a quick breakfast we hoisted the
dinghy and made for Roslyn Bay where we will stay for two nights to do the
washing, re provision and attend the CC2013 Rendezvous on Monday night.
The marina now claims to be the biggest on the East Coast as
they have added new marina berths. However it is still silted up. You have to
go in on the high tide and once in your allocated berth you still sink into the
silt. The depth sounder showed 1.8m under the keel yet the tide had another 2.3m
to fall!! That meant we were going into the silt by .5m. Everyone does it so no
big drama.
24th June
We had the marina courtesy car booked for 10am to 12 noon so
we could re provision. Steve and Maureen from Boomeroo had the car booked from
12 to 2. We did the grocery shopping in the first 2 hours and then the drinks
and hardware and tackle shops in the second 2 hours. It is a great service
having the courtesy car.
The rendezvous was held on the lawn in front of the
restaurant. The restaurant provided a complementary drink and put on a plate of
cooked seafood. Garlic prawns, squid and crumbed fish pieces. It was a great
snack and we did not need to eat any more. However our leader of the Coral
Coast cruise Ron Starkey had organized a seafood feast for after – not knowing
how much food the restaurant was going to put on. We had all chipped in for the
seafood so we went back to Bogart and everyone got a pack to take back to their
boat. Steve and Maureen came back to Billabong so we ate bugs and prawns until
we were full. There was enough left over for another feed tomorrow.
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