Arrived in the Whitsundays - Heading to the Reef
We arrived at the Whitsundays on Monday after a 133 nautical mile sail from Townsville. Mirrool averaged 6 knots for most of the journey which we completed in under 26 hours. After a few days relaxing and working here we are off to the Black Reef (or Block reef depending on the chart you are looking at) for a week of free ranging. I almost finished next week's video just adding some finishing touches, if there is any internet out there I will upload for you otherwise it will be uploaded as soon as we've returned next week.
If you're not following us on Instagram this little guy (a sulphur crested cockatoo) visited us morning and evening for peanuts at Nara Inlet on Hook Island. He was quite a character!
We'll check in again next week.
Bye for now
Pascale
Comments (11)
Buggers love unpicking stitching and eating windex very smart and very hungry
The Osprey of the Kimberley gave our windex some very severe testing but nothing compared to cockatoo wickedness. He seemed in a non destructive mood though and perhaps thought he'd get more treats if he acted the gentleman.
You are in one of my wife's and my favorite places on earth. We've visited the Whitsundays twice , from Seattle, as recently as last October and will return!
It's not overstating the case to say it is one of the world's greatest cruising grounds. It looks like the local authorities are doing a great job of preserving it too without being overly restrictive which we really appreciate.
Just in Mackay at the moment will be up in the Whitsundays in about a month so will probably miss you. Will try to get charts dropped off at the homestead Middle Percy for you. Will keep the eyes peeled looking for you though.
We're bound to cross paths Nige, just take care out there.
Hopefully that cockatoo didn't try to take it out on Mirrool for all of his buddies in captivity around the world! JK. He (I think) looks like quite a jolly bird.
He was very well socialized and didn't show any sign of wanting to wreck our treasured sails or halyards. Most unusual.
:)
Hi guys, be careful that little white ratbag doesn’t demast you or at least remove all the gear of the top of your mast. Do you have plans for the wet season yet? There is an old saying among skydivers ( every body gets to die but only some of us get to live) keep on living. Thanks Ron.
They are born vandals all right but we were lucky he just had Peanuts on the brain. We are fine tuning our wet season plan but we might ride the northerlies down to Fraser Island for summer then backtrack with the whales to catch up what we missed. We are dead set on seeing Tassie next summer and planning a bight crossing too.