google satelite image of Mooloolaba.
The sail up from Scarborough was calm. Actually a little too calm, we had to motor a bit to make it into Mooloolaba before dark. In route we saw a sea turtle swim by and dolphins did flips for us as we entered the marina. The oddest sighting on the trip though, was a US submarine zooming towards us with a HUGE bow wake.
This is a picture of Dave looking at the sub in the uncomfortably close distance. Luckily for us, it slowed down by the time it came near. The USS Cheyenne could have easily run us over.Most of the trip we stayed close to the shore. Unfamiliar mountains and small brush fires decorated the horizon.
At sunset we rounded the point into the protected waters at Malooloolaba.
One of the chores crossed off the list was cutting Craig's hair. Cutting hair on the dock makes for an easy clean-up. This picture was taken at the moment that I accidentally cut a large chunk of hair behind Craig's left ear. I am told "oops" is not a good thing to say while cutting hair.
After our chores we took a break on the beach across the road from the marina.The weather has been cold at night and warm and sunny during the day. Just to be clear, when we say "cold" it is not as cold as San Francisco on a summer day. It gets down to 50 degrees at night now. Nothing harsh, but we are looking forward to the warmer temperatures at lower latitudes as we head north.
Our plan as of ten minutes ago is to head north tonight to Fraser Island. We would leave at night so that we arrive at the bar in the morning close to high tide. This will allow us to sail over the sand bar easily with good visibility for the signs posted to keep us in deep, safe water. If we wait another day, we may need to wait a week to get another weather window. So we'll sign off for now and get in touch again when we pull into another marina with internet access.
2 comments:
nice. That sub sounds like it was scary. I guess they can tell where all the boats are though (your tax dollars at work).
Nice haircut pics. Did a little of that myself yesterday.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mckenziepics/561862865/
you could try the Ute haircut, which is to put on a baseball hat and then trim off any hair that sticks our from under the edge of it.
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