I'll update this further as we expand our travels..... They reckon up past Moon Point is to die for.....
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Well, i had the sh!ts we'd.... umm, make that I'd .... stuffed the dates for Kilkivian, so i was gunna do sumfin today, come hell or high water.
Up early, got some foods etc ready, gave the ol girl a quick kick in the ribs and a coffee around 6am. We were booked for a fuel top up at 8am, and we were on the boat and heading for the fuel berth by 7:30, hmmmm, things are looking up.
We topped up with 177 litres @ $1.59 per litre and after paying for that, i was ready to go home again...well, nearly.
By 8am, we were doing the posted 6 knots/no wash past the dolphin feeding and coast guard and once in the open limit area, it was 4,000 rpm and 26.5 knots..... arrrrrr, much better.
It a short time, we are at Inskip Point, but with a 7am high tide, no 4WD's were waiting for a barge.
Now, for all those that know or would like to know Fraser, we hang a left here and go around Big Mick, the last green beacon and are now starting our way up the Great Sandy Strait, the western side of Fraser Island.
Within about 7 or 10 kilometres up the strait, we turn ourselves to Fraser itself to drop anchor at a spot called Elbow Point.
We can't get in too close, as we need to be on the correct side of the drop off, otherwise, at low tide, we gunna have a whole heap of trouble.....
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The now outgoing tide is running at decent pace, so we drop plenty of chain when we chucked the pick overboard.
The wife starts the coffee while i deploy our tender/rubber ducky. Geez I'm a handsome brute, with my movie star good looks.
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A quick coffee, a longing look around at the beauty of the place and we head to shore. Geez, it always feels good to be standing on Fraser Island.
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The stingrays have been busy and they pretty big too, as you can tell by the holes.
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A pleasant walk around the beach, bit of a swim, got talking to a fisherman and he was telling us they were hand feeding the dolphins last night.
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I caught a glimpse of the new baby dolphin called little squirt, which was in the feeding group last night.
A few boats were around, but not many, giving us plenty of space.
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Back to the boat for some R and R and lunch.
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It was during lunch, a small pod of dolphins called in for a visit... within about 8 or 10 metres of the boat, but every time i tried for a happy snap, the buggers dived down, so in this pick, ya gotta pretend you can see 'em
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We headed down to the barge, gotta a happy snap or two then headed back to port.
I really wanted to do Kilkivian, but this an OK second choice.....
Some pics to finish....
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