After refuelling & restocking at Roslyn Bay The Count headed South. We have decided to travel down the "inside" of Fraser Island which added a whole new timing issue....the tides. More about this later.
Strong Southerlies meant that we motored to ensure we kept time to arrive at the Northern end of The Great Sandy Strait whilst the full moon tides were still about.
Our first stop was Cape Capricorn, very pretty but a bumpy overnight anchorage. The lighthouse is serviced by Qld's only tramline that has a 1 in 7 gradient.The following day our destination was Pancake Creek. Another one of these amazing "bolt-holes" in the Queensland coastline. Unfortunately it was a short visit with us arriving at dusk and departing at 1:00am the following morning.... again to ensure we made the tides.
The long night-day sail meant we arrived at Kingfisher on Thursday evening ready to tackle The Great Sandy Strait the following day.
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