Tuesday 28 June
The weather turned on a doozey for taking Toni, Jack and Liz ashore. Andrew was the first in the dinghy riding the waves as he poured petrol into the outboard and got the dinghy ready for departure. Then came Toni and Jack with their “body bag” and backpacks duly covered with a tarp (We all knew it was going to be a wet ride!). They rode the messy seas holding on as the waves crashed over them with the faint echoes of Yee Haaaaa following them from Sue standing on the bow of Imagine. Once dropped off at the boat ramp they made their way to the bus terminal, normally a pleasant short walk but would have seemed like miles with their bags.
Due to currently unfavorable weather conditions Toni and Jack are travelling north to continue their adventures, first to Townsville where they will catch up with Jesse and Emma on “All the Stars” who we met on our trip up.
Andrew returned to Imagine totally drenched ready for his next thrilling daredevil ride to shore, this time with Liz who is travelling to Melbourne to spend time with family. Another exciting ride to shore followed. After dropping off Liz and her bags Andrew returned and quickly dried off and changed into some warm clothes.
Early afternoon it was our turn as we had booked the outboard in for its service. By this time the wind and waves had much eased, our issue was to make it to shore whilst there was still enough tide to get ashore (there are some particularly low tides at the moment so timing our shore visits around these is important). Andrew caught a cab to Cannonvale with the outboard whilst Sue went shopping. Once he dropped this off he caught the bus back to Airlie Beach. The tide was too low for about another 1.5 hours so we decided to have a cuppa and some hot chips down at the beach. Finally, enough water to get the dinghy out and back to Imagine. Tomorrow we reverse the process when we go to pick up the outboard.
The weather turned on a doozey for taking Toni, Jack and Liz ashore. Andrew was the first in the dinghy riding the waves as he poured petrol into the outboard and got the dinghy ready for departure. Then came Toni and Jack with their “body bag” and backpacks duly covered with a tarp (We all knew it was going to be a wet ride!). They rode the messy seas holding on as the waves crashed over them with the faint echoes of Yee Haaaaa following them from Sue standing on the bow of Imagine. Once dropped off at the boat ramp they made their way to the bus terminal, normally a pleasant short walk but would have seemed like miles with their bags.
Due to currently unfavorable weather conditions Toni and Jack are travelling north to continue their adventures, first to Townsville where they will catch up with Jesse and Emma on “All the Stars” who we met on our trip up.
Andrew returned to Imagine totally drenched ready for his next thrilling daredevil ride to shore, this time with Liz who is travelling to Melbourne to spend time with family. Another exciting ride to shore followed. After dropping off Liz and her bags Andrew returned and quickly dried off and changed into some warm clothes.
Early afternoon it was our turn as we had booked the outboard in for its service. By this time the wind and waves had much eased, our issue was to make it to shore whilst there was still enough tide to get ashore (there are some particularly low tides at the moment so timing our shore visits around these is important). Andrew caught a cab to Cannonvale with the outboard whilst Sue went shopping. Once he dropped this off he caught the bus back to Airlie Beach. The tide was too low for about another 1.5 hours so we decided to have a cuppa and some hot chips down at the beach. Finally, enough water to get the dinghy out and back to Imagine. Tomorrow we reverse the process when we go to pick up the outboard.
