All books say you are not allowed onto the beach area at the Resort at Brampton, as it turns out the resort is closed so we did. We took the dingy ashore and decided we would put it on the beach in front of the resort, that wasn't before running into some rocks and nearley tossing the three of us out of it. (not having much luck with the running aground in any vessel lately). Screensavers crew decided to go on their usual mountain hike so we decided to walk up to the resort. The place is all closed down. There were a few staff there that seemed to be packing stuff up. Signs all along the beach that said " NO ENTRY PRIVATE PROPERTY " We walked past the room that was on the beach that we stayed at 18 months ago . Everything looks very run down, the pools are still full of water but full of debry and very green.
The tide was out so we decided to walk out from the resort as there is a very big sand bar there. We came across a reef shark half in the water and half out, it was about 1.5 meters long , the water was about 300mm deep so I decided I would get close and take some photos and spotted a second shark waiting for it's mate. On the way back in the dingy we pulled up at the wharf that the guests used to arrive on and couldnt believe the amount of fish that were hanging about. That night Screensaver came over and rafted up to us and we had dinner and planned our departure for the next day.
Leaving Brampton on Saturday morning we headed for Lindeman Island at 10 am . The weather was yet again a South East so it was a good sailing day. Arriving at Lindeman at about 3.30pm the weather was a bit blowy but we managed to get a good anchorage at Plantation Bay which was about 1 mile from the resort. Our hope was to go to the resort by dingy and have a cocktail and a beer in the bar as you are allowed to go ashore there between 11am and 6pm unfortunately the resort is off limits to Grotty Yachties during school holidays so that put an end to that.
As Craig had booked a flight From Hamilton Island we thought we would see if he could catch a ferry from Lindeman to Hamilton. In the Ferry it is only 30mins. Thing is they wanted $150 for that so we decided we would take our chances and head there. Had a good nights sleep here dispite the wind conditions, set all the alarms up in case we drifted but all was good.
Sunday morning we were up early and off heading to Hamilton. Very swelly and windy on the way there, my thoughts were I did not want to go into ther marina there in this weather as I had not been in there before. I opted to call up the marina on VHF and see if they had any swing moorings avaliable . There we plenty of vacant moorings for $17 an hour so we picked up one on those. (Note : Yachts with tall masts like ours are to stay at least 8oo meters away from the end of the Airport runway not cross in front of it ROD). Only thing was the dingy ride was about a mile in crappy weather. Leaving Elaine on the boat, Craig and I headed for the marina with his luggage. By the time we got there we were drenched and Craig had to get a new set of dirty close out for his flight home. While he was changing I ran around to the only 2 shops to try and get some hot cross buns and an Easter egg for Elaine as I had forgotten to get one. All sold out so had to settle for chocolate coated coffee beans. Leaving Craig to his own devices to get to the airport I jumped back in the dingy and dodged the harbor traffic to get back to Nemetona.
Now just the 2 of us on the boat. Screensaver had gone into the marina to get some dingy fuel and had left to head up the passage. We had a cup of tea untied the boat from the swing mooring and sneaked of without paying our $17 dollars. It was ok because they had Craigs phone number, and it wasn't until we had left that we read that just in front of the mooring there were 2 empty public ones that were vacant and free of charge.
We now headed for Cid Harbour it is about 1pm and its about a 2.5hr sail. We wanted to get there and find a place out of the wind as much as possible as there is a forecast 30knots of wind for the next few days. We followed Screensavers track on our plotter and found a place to anchor. There are shit loads of boats in this area as its Easter and all the Charter boats are out. The water here is very clean and clear we have seen a few turtles in our travells today as well.
We will stay around here for a few days and wait for the wind to die down . It is forecast until Wednesday or Thursday. Then we will more than likely head to Airlie Beach Marina to get a berth in the for a couple of nights and sort out some supplies.
Over all we are going well , My hair dying, and nail painting skills are improving by the day, well thats what I say I'm not sure that Elaine agrees with me as she is looking forward to a good hairdresser and a manacurist when we get to shore.
The tide was out so we decided to walk out from the resort as there is a very big sand bar there. We came across a reef shark half in the water and half out, it was about 1.5 meters long , the water was about 300mm deep so I decided I would get close and take some photos and spotted a second shark waiting for it's mate. On the way back in the dingy we pulled up at the wharf that the guests used to arrive on and couldnt believe the amount of fish that were hanging about. That night Screensaver came over and rafted up to us and we had dinner and planned our departure for the next day.
Leaving Brampton on Saturday morning we headed for Lindeman Island at 10 am . The weather was yet again a South East so it was a good sailing day. Arriving at Lindeman at about 3.30pm the weather was a bit blowy but we managed to get a good anchorage at Plantation Bay which was about 1 mile from the resort. Our hope was to go to the resort by dingy and have a cocktail and a beer in the bar as you are allowed to go ashore there between 11am and 6pm unfortunately the resort is off limits to Grotty Yachties during school holidays so that put an end to that.
As Craig had booked a flight From Hamilton Island we thought we would see if he could catch a ferry from Lindeman to Hamilton. In the Ferry it is only 30mins. Thing is they wanted $150 for that so we decided we would take our chances and head there. Had a good nights sleep here dispite the wind conditions, set all the alarms up in case we drifted but all was good.
Sunday morning we were up early and off heading to Hamilton. Very swelly and windy on the way there, my thoughts were I did not want to go into ther marina there in this weather as I had not been in there before. I opted to call up the marina on VHF and see if they had any swing moorings avaliable . There we plenty of vacant moorings for $17 an hour so we picked up one on those. (Note : Yachts with tall masts like ours are to stay at least 8oo meters away from the end of the Airport runway not cross in front of it ROD). Only thing was the dingy ride was about a mile in crappy weather. Leaving Elaine on the boat, Craig and I headed for the marina with his luggage. By the time we got there we were drenched and Craig had to get a new set of dirty close out for his flight home. While he was changing I ran around to the only 2 shops to try and get some hot cross buns and an Easter egg for Elaine as I had forgotten to get one. All sold out so had to settle for chocolate coated coffee beans. Leaving Craig to his own devices to get to the airport I jumped back in the dingy and dodged the harbor traffic to get back to Nemetona.
Now just the 2 of us on the boat. Screensaver had gone into the marina to get some dingy fuel and had left to head up the passage. We had a cup of tea untied the boat from the swing mooring and sneaked of without paying our $17 dollars. It was ok because they had Craigs phone number, and it wasn't until we had left that we read that just in front of the mooring there were 2 empty public ones that were vacant and free of charge.
We now headed for Cid Harbour it is about 1pm and its about a 2.5hr sail. We wanted to get there and find a place out of the wind as much as possible as there is a forecast 30knots of wind for the next few days. We followed Screensavers track on our plotter and found a place to anchor. There are shit loads of boats in this area as its Easter and all the Charter boats are out. The water here is very clean and clear we have seen a few turtles in our travells today as well.
We will stay around here for a few days and wait for the wind to die down . It is forecast until Wednesday or Thursday. Then we will more than likely head to Airlie Beach Marina to get a berth in the for a couple of nights and sort out some supplies.
Over all we are going well , My hair dying, and nail painting skills are improving by the day, well thats what I say I'm not sure that Elaine agrees with me as she is looking forward to a good hairdresser and a manacurist when we get to shore.
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