What happened to the south-easterlies!

Tuesday, 6 August to Thursday, 8 August 2013 - Corio Bay 
After a fantastic though full on week with the RQ Keppel Rally, we enjoyed our 3 days at Corio Bay. The occasional fishing dinghy reminded us that we were not alone in the world and we made the most of the calm conditions and relaxed.

Nine Mile Beach

Warren caught a few fish but no crabs big enough to keep and our sole bit of exercise was a walk over the sand dunes and along Nine Mile Beach on the Keppel Bay side.

Friday, 9 August 2013 - Corio Bay to High Peak Is
Finally a day of decent south easters so we sailed 71nm under spinnaker to High Peak Island. The military was still playing war games at Shoalwater Bay and all of the anchorages were closed. High Peak was a good anchorage in the 10-15 knot SE winds and one we had not visited before.

Saturday, 10 August to Wednesday, 14 August - Middle Percy Is
After an hour under spinnaker it was a motorsail the rest of the 31nm to West Bay on Middle Percy Island. We had 3 fantastic days here in light NE winds.

We walked up to the homestead, replaced our well worn flag in the A frame, and made some new friends around the fire each night.

One day 6 whales put on an amazing display inside the anchorage swimming around several of the boats. They seemed to be chasing one whale away - very loud breathing and aggressive turns.

On Tuesday the wind had gone around to the north so we sailed around to Whites Bay on the southern side of the island. We hadn't had a chance to stay here before and we had a nice couple of days here.

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