The morning was beautiful with flat water and crystal clear
visibility. We stayed on the mooring until late morning and headed off to find
Echo Beach. We had bought some fresh herbs at the market for Leanne as they had
been reprovisioning at Hamilton Island and you simply cannot get them there.
The water was flat and we headed around the north eastern point of Hook Island
known as the Pinnacles. There is spectacular scenery and there are amazing rock formations. This one is known as the "woodpile". It looks like the wood has been neatly stacked.
The "woodpile" North East of Hook Island.
Tamara prepared and cooked lunch on the way. We were
craving scrambled eggs so we had them on toast with smoked salmon. It was calm and we went out around Border Island on the way.
Eastern side of Border island.
We arrived
early afternoon at Esk Island where Echo Beach was moored. Just as we arrived another
yacht on one of the two moorings left. That was fortuitous as you cannot anchor
there. The north east wind did not come in at any strength as forecast and we
decided to stay the night. That meant we could have drinks with Echo Beach at 5
o’clock. Leanne’s Mum Brenda was on board and we had a very pleasant drink with
lots of chatter and laughs.
The night was calm and we were only woken once with the
mooring bouy banging into the hull on the change of tide. I thought it was a
good island to visit although some midgies came into the cabin at night.
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