Day 19: Kingfisher, Fraser Island

Fairly early start - these should lessen from now on - to catch the tide to Kingfisher. This tide thing is new to us - maybe we should have paid more attention. The Great Sandy Straight, through which we will be motoring, is open to the sea top and bottom. This means that the tide rises from both ends and meets somewhere in the middle. For us, the tide will rise through the morning, giving us a boost as it flows north, give us plenty of depth in the shallow part that in the middle of the day, and flow with us as it goes out and we travel further north. By golly, it works! We probably should have done something like this in the Clarence River last year.

Fraser Island ferry comes right through the anchorage.

Motoring is a great time to do some low-level simple jobs and the dinghy cover got a bit more Velcro.

Velcro additions to the dinghy cover.

Anchored at Kingfisher early afternoon and went ashore for a swim and ice cream. Kim is getting more mobile by the day and is able to get in and out of the dink. As always here, there is a big tidal range so getting to the beach needs planning. We, and our buddies, are hanging out for pizza so that will be lunch tomorrow.

Location

Kingfisher