Crazy Town

Heather and Cameron on Shaw Island

We unfortunately had to return to civilization because we ran out of milk - even the no-name UHT emergency spares. Sad but true.

Before we left Shaw Island, Shane rigged a swing for the kids (and himself, of course) using a halyard, spinnaker pole and water skiing handle. It was quite windy but following the "if you build it, they will come" theory, both kids had lots of goes. Have a look at the video, below.

Haydee looking at coral

From Kennedy Sound, we gave Lindeman Island a miss (too expensive) and continued north, overnighting in "Happy Bay" at the northern end of Long Island where we went ashore and had dinner and a game of ping-pong at the resort before continuing onto Airlie Beach yesterday morning. It was a beautiful sail past Shute Harbour, South Molle and Daydream Islands but insane as we came into Airlie Beach. There was a ridiculous number of boats anchored, arriving or leaving. Some were going way too fast, others going way too slow. It was crazy town but we somehow got through it all (nice work, Shane) and are now berthed in the marina. Yesterday was dedicated to spending way too much money in the Chandlery and today will be groceries, washing and a visit by a rigger who will climb to the top of the mast and have a look at a misbehaving headsail for us.

From here, we'll spend another night at Airlie Beach before a grand tour of the Whitsundays including Whitehaven Beach and an attempt to find Heart Reef - we're all looking forward to the next few days.