We spent a few weeks in and around Cairns waiting for the wind to calm down and the weather to improve. All the locals were telling us the weather was very out of the ordinary for this time of year. Whilst in Cairns we did a few walks up into the rainforest and went to the Cairns show- Was a good day.
We headed out to Fitzroy Island again, then started our trip south. Our boat loved getting up on the plane at approx 22-24knotts and cruised beautifully skipping over the wind swell and waves. We stopped at High Island for a few days, very beautiful island with not many people around.
We thought we'd visit Innisfail, which is up the Johnston River a bit. The river is quite dirty and very very shallow. We had to motor in and out on the high tide. Anchoring in the river with enough water under us proved a little difficult and a stressful. Needless to say we didn't spend very long in Innisfail, the first high tide the next day and we were out of there.
Next stop on our trip south was Linquist Island and a few islands surrounding. We couldn't really find a good anchor spot out of the wind so continued south to Dunk Island. That is where we are now. Beautiful Island with a nice spot for anchoring. The resort was severely damaged by Cyclone Yazi 18 months ago and is now closed.
The Cairns Show
High Island
Our boat anchored all alone off High Island
On the kayaks again
The Reef sounding High Island
The view whilst trying to have an afternoon siesta
High Island afternoon sun
Dunk Island
Sunset off the boat at Dunk Island
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