Halifax Bay

Sunday, 22 July to Thursday, 2 August 2012
We had perfect weather as we explored Rattlesnake and Herald Islands. Both were named after royal navy survey vessels that surveyed the area in the 1840s.

Rattlesnake Island

Rattlesnake looks as you would expect an island that is bombed regularly to look while Herald looks like the perfect desert island scene.

Herald Island Anchorage

Until you go ashore that is!

The anchorages here were fine in the conditions we had but with more wind forecast we headed back to Horseshoe Bay. We had 4 nights here and we walked to Balding Bay (local nudist beach) and Radical Bay and caught the bus to Nelly Bay. We then headed back to Townsville as the new GPS antennae for our AIS had arrived. We decided to stay at the Townsville Yacht Club which is situated up Ross Creek.

Ross Creek

While motoring in, our compass malfunctioned again so we contacted Raymarine who agreed to replace the unit with a new one. Barry from Navcomm Electronics was very helpful in resolving this issue without any further delays.

We  headed back to Horseshoe Bay on Wednesday, 1 August to catch up with Pam and John from Allikat II. They were at Lizard Island with us last year and are also doing the Louisiade Rally this year. We didn't get there until after dark and very surprised by a light on the sail that looked like a torch. It turned out to be  the moon reflecting off the water into the sail.

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