Erica and her crew only take small steps up the east coast, and so after a short motor/sail of 40 nautical miles through the Palm Group of Islands, we arrived at the very peaceful Orpheus Island. En route we had success with our fishing line once again, landing a good sized Spotted/School Mackerel that provided two more delicious meals.
At our anchorage in Little Pioneer Bay there is an abundance of fringing coral reef making it difficult to land ashore, unless it is high tide. So, when the tide came in we set off to explore and climb the hills on Orpheus. First, we found the ruins of an old sheppard's cottage on our hike to a high peak with spectacular views of the bays and surroundings. Our next day's adventures saw us dinghying across bays (waves and white caps) to nearby Yankee Bay in search of a new jetty, secluded beach and an old WWII Degaussing/Demagnetising Station that was used to reduce ships' magnetism for mines during the war.
This is a great adventure of fishing, sailing, walking and history.
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