Our last week.

When we were at Port Clinton the 5hp outboard for the dinghy stopped working. Dad thinks it has sucked up some gunk from the fuel tank and has tried to fix it, but thinks we will need to get someone to look at it in Mackay. Until then it is just the 15hp, which is cooler anyway.
Delcomyn Bay had two pretty beaches and nice clear water, but there was so much rubbish washed up that I decided to call it "Filthy Beach".
At Island Head Creek Dad was given a fish, but I refused to eat it after patting it several times throughout the day (Dad kept it alive in a tank on the sugar scoop). Dad and Cam also caught a baby mud crab in the pots, but let it go again. We also caught up with Emily and her family from the catamaran Lucey Blue.
We played on the beach and in the rock pools at Cape Townshend, and found "Hervey the Hermit Crab". We have kept him as a pet in a habitat Cameron and I have made. He now has two friends, Herman and Henry from the Duke Islands, to keep him company.
Lingham Island had a beautiful beach with lots of pretty shells. At Thirsty Sound, Mum and Cameron developed a phobia for keeping things on board. Between them they dropped a shark, a spoon, a towel and four pegs overboard in one morning! It just had to be the morning there was a huge current (ed: 2.5 kts).
When we got to the Duke Islands, we anchored at another beautiful beach. We were in the dinghy yesterday afternoon when we saw a large stag. The people who lease the Duke Islands farm dear and cattle.We are now at Marble Island and have climbed halfway up a hill so we can blog. Cameron and I have also seen a whole flock of deer.