G'day All,
After refuel and supply I've left Exmouth behind heading for the Muiran Islands 20 miles North of Exmouth, fantastic fishing and lotz of shelter from the strong NW winds we've been getting.
After 4 days of off the hook fishing I decided to try out Serrurier Island anutha 20 miles North East from the Murions.
Perfect conditions had me launching the tinny 2 take Honey ashore.
BIG MISTAKE!
As I arrived at the beach Honey jumped off the front of the dinghy while I stopped the motor and prepared the dinghy for anchoring, however the topography of the beach cre8ed a huge wave that swamped the now beached dinghy full of water and sand. Absolutely impossible to recover from.
I waz able to rescue all the safety equipment and water from the dinghy which waz now sideways in the waves. It took a while but I realised the only way to get back to the yot was 2 swim (fuck that).
So I waited 4 hours 4 the tide to drop leaving the now beached dinghy full of sand and water,
My options for rescue were not good with heaps of flares and life jackets aboard doing no good as therez no-one to see the flares and swimming out to the yot a last ditch alternative.
Itz now been decided to include an epirb and a hand held vhf radio in the dinghy emergency bag.
So after a 4 hour wait I was able to bail the water then scrape the sand out of the tinny then restart the motor. Now all I had 2 do waz drag the dinghy down 2 the water line.
Finally I made it back 2 the Yot very sore and wiser for the experience.
The fishing here waz very "not good" with nothing taking either my floating or bottom baitz.
Still itz a fantastic anchorage.
Itz now thyme 2 set Exmouth as my base for the next year with some of the best fishing and dive spotz in Australia.
In all honesty this iz where I intended to spend the next major portion of my life. The goal waz always Exmouth and Coral Bay. Townsville seems very far away. But if I go back through the blog entries I've always been aiming for this remote part of Australia.
I do however miss the Islands and reef of The Whitsundays. I can only hope that after a few months of working this portion of the coast line that I'll learn to love the Ningaloo Reef as much as The gr8 Barrier Reef.
I've now purchased anutha digital camera so soon I'll be able to add fotoz and video to these blog entries.
