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| Departing Breakwater Marina, Townsville in the drizzly rain |
Whatever happened to 'Amazing North Queensland - beautiful one day perfect the next'? There has been a lot of unseasonal rain this year. The up side is that this delightful island is clothed in lush, green foliage and the dry, parched look has been banished for a while. Since I arrived back here from a three week sojourn back home, Peter and I have been watching the weather forecast closely with the realisation that our departure north will be delayed. We would rather stay here in 15 - 25mm of rain than endure the 50-100mm forecast for just a short distance further north. The wind has not been strong, but is contrary, coming from most directions during our two day stay here. At the moment it is a steady 10 - 15kns from the NE. The problem with that is that a sloppy swell is now running into the bay causing us to roll about like a pig wallowing in the mud puddle.
A nasty little surf is breaking on the shore and Peter has been regaling me with bits of information about the rescue of a large dinghy that has been sunk and then smashed on the shore by the waves. A second dinghy is submerged further along the beach, but as it hasn't a motor on it, no-one is taking pity on it just yet. Looks like coffee will be on board this morning. Oops! That was a particularly violent roll and the sink is now full of all the dirty washing up that was on the bench top and now the books are flapping about on the floor. Maybe it's best they stop there for the time being. Typing is a tad difficult as my fingers 'fly' across the keyboard hitting the wrong keys.
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| Sunset, Horseshoe Bay, before the rain sets in |
We have spent the last two days walking some of the lovely bush tracks across the island to Nelly and Picnic Bays. At least here we can walk for miles and get coffee and cake for our efforts. Another reason for us to wait here until this weather sorts itself out. Yesterday we walked to Picnic Bay to take a photo of the place where my Peter Lawson painting was commissioned. It is a beautiful view looking back towards Townsville. Afterwards we decided to have lunch at Noodies on the Beach at Horseshoe Bay. I was so looking forward to our Mexican lunch, but it was a disappointment - took forever and the portion was small and not that tasty. What happened to the chilli? Next time I'll take Peter's advice and do fish and chips.
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| My painting was executed right here |
It looks like we'll be here for a day or two more until this weather sorts itself out, then we will be making a break for Yorkeys Knob, just north of Cairns, in a quick succession of day sails as we've already been as far a Dunk Island with Audrey in June.
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| Peter inspects the wreck in Picnic Bay |
1 comment:
The weather here in the West has also been a bit contrary (well it is winter for us!) but we've just had a few lovely sunny days and the wildflowers are growing beautifully. They will be a picture this year. I feel for you on a rocky yacht- it reminds me of a certain trip to the Islands- a memory I won't ever forget!! All is good here though and we're preparing for a good weekend in Lancelin for Ed's birthday.
Keep the blog rolling!!
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