Anui hit at night again
It’s happened again, we got hit at night! We were anchored in the river at Burnett Heads last Friday evening, having returned from Lady Musgrave. We got woken up at 3am by some odd chain sounds then two alarming bangs.
It’s happened again, we got hit at night! We were anchored in the river at Burnett Heads last Friday evening, having returned from Lady Musgrave. We got woken up at 3am by some odd chain sounds then two alarming bangs.
We have had a week of highs and lows, the highs being our time at Lady Musgrave, the lows being the need to attend to boat maintenance in a hurry to the point where we are going back to Burnett Heads!
We have been hiding at the Lady Musgrave lagoon for the past four days. The weather is not ideal for the reef, but we wanted to be here for the few finer days and position ourselves for the Swains adventure. And the good thing: not many boats around – most are hugging the coast or…
We have started our trek north in earnest and said goodbye to Moreton Bay on Monday! We are now at K’gari (Fraser Island), keeping an eye on the weather forecasts for the Southern Reefs.
Our attempts to secure a buddy boat for the Swains and southern Coral Sea Atolls have failed to date and we are therefore heading off on our own for now. Who knows, we might meet somebody on the way!
We are on our second week of 25 to 30 knot Southeast, and the swell out at sea has been 2 to 2.5 meters. So guess what? We are on our way but have slightly altered our departure plans.
The ocean sustains all life and exploring is like oxygen to us. If we don’t sail, explore, discover, we feel stifled and starved. It is time to engage with the wilderness again after too many uninspiring months. So today, let’s look at Anui’s tropical cruising plans for 2023.
Since returning from NSW to the Gold Coast, we have been tackling some more boat maintenance, our favourite thing… Not! Easter and the following days was a handy time to get a few things done before we embark on our next tropical winter voyage.