Lizard Island - Having Fun - October 2009

Once at Lizard Island, and after the first nights drinks, we have now settled into the routine of exploring the island and enjoying the cruisers social life. We walked to the Lizard Island Research station, beautiful Lagoon to the west and the stunning Cooks Look and the incredible views from 400 metres up. All this activity was intermingled with sunset drinks on the beach, and Marlin Bar, birthday parties, dunny paper awards, and papal ordinations - great fun in a magical place.

Lizard Island - Goal Achieved - October 2009

The goal of Erica's crew was to reach Lizard Island on the far North Queensland Coast in 2009 and with great excitement and relief this goal has been achieved. Yippee! The following shots are on the way to Lizard and our arrival. We discovered in the first few minutes of anchoring that drinks are on the beach every night so we were into this from day one. We will post more shots of Lizard Island and our adventures as the days progress. Enjoy as we are...

Goodbye Cairns as we head North 15 - 19 October 2009

After our extended stay in Cairns which included two trips to Adelaide we have now set sail again for our intended northern destination of Lizard Island. The first two days north of Cairns were perfect where once again we enjoyed glassy conditions at Michaelmas Cay with superb snorkelling. Then on to the very beautiful islands of the Low Isles group where we met old friends and enjoyed a live music show. As the weather deteriorated into a strong wind warning we had a very quick sail to Hope Island which if you know some of our past and present family members it makes this a very special place. This is were we are currently anchored with the wind outside peaking at 30knots and awaiting a long enough break to do the last 65 nautical miles to Lizard Island. Enjoy - we are!

Cairns - October 2009

Sorry to all those blog followers as the postings have been a bit slack. From late Sept to mid October we have been in Cairns. During that time we have both been back to Adelaide individually and had visitors from Adelaide and Darwin. So here are a few shots from our long stay and hope to do more postings soon. Today we are sailing further north towards our ultimate goal of Lizard Island.