18th June Thomas Island

Spent a very pleasant day fishing and exploring the beaches. There is a very rough trail from one side of Thomas Island to the other so I went for a walk to the other side and back. It was a real bush walk and in long grass and I was a bit worried about snakes. I managed to get through to the other side and fossick in the washed up debris. Found a dilapidated spear gun which was of no use and nothing else worth keeping.

the grass looks like it has had a curator

The Southern Side of Thomas Island

I found the sign on Naked Lady Beach that was destroyed by the cyclone.

Could not find the naked lady though!!

Catch of the day

I had a fish after lunch on the turn of the tide and it proved very fruitful.

After sundowners I cooked another fish meal and retired for the night. But something very strange occurred. While in bed reading with a small bed light on a bat decided to fly into the cabin. It flew around a couple of timers and then flew out. It was a very small bat. The next night the same thing occurred twice. I have never experienced that before and was happy that it decided not to stay.

Everything was quite peaceful until about 2 am when the high tide turned and the easterly swell that had been forecast rolled into the bay. Not much sleep after that as we rolled until we got up and decided to leave immediately for Whitehaven Beach.