We got up early and had a cup of tea and launched the dinghy to
go back to the A Frame for a more detailed look and a walk on the beach.
I placed another piece of memorabilia on our plaque in the A
Frame to acknowledge Maureen and Eric as crew on the voyage south.
At 8am we motored out and had breakfast of bacon and eggs on the
way.
Shortly after leaving Middle Percy we saw two big sharks having
a feeding frenzy on the surface. They were ferociously devouring fish. Possibly
a small school of tuna.
It was a long motor as there was no wind to Pearl Bay. Our
original destination was Island Head Creek but with the lack of wind I felt the
midges would eat us alive.
We were worried about the SE swell but when we arrived it was
flat as bowling green. We had a walk on the beach and collected a few shells.
We saw two turtles in the shallows in the horrid algae and were
wondering if they had come close into shore to lay eggs or were they sick with
the algae. They both raised their heads to breathe so we are hoping they will
go ashore and lay eggs and return to the cleaner waters.
Someone had made a big smiley face with some big green rope that
had been washed up on the beach. Very clever and I hope it will be there for
many years.
We had dinner on Billabong with sashimi and a beautiful piece of
tuna roll cooked medium rare for everyone.
A long day with-out catching a fish as the ocean was filled with
the green smelling algae.
The northerly winds and the hotter than normal conditions have
brought the algae bloom early and it is very smelly.
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