We woke to the amazing song of whales. I had heard others talk about hearing them on their boats, so I was glad to be able to experience it for ourselves.

We were looking forward to heading over to Thomas Island as the anchorage is described as having a “truly South Pacific atmosphere”, we left before the tide changed but as it was only 8nm away we didn’t mind going a little slow. We went between Goldsmith & Linne Islands and at one stage we were doing 0.9kn. The current was quite strong but as we got through we were able to average 4-5kn.

There were no palm trees but it did have white sand & turquoise water. It was also a very calm anchorage. We launched the dinghy and went exploring around the rocks and to the beach. It’s nice to have a swim off the beach. There was a fire pit and plenty of drift wood so we decided to have dinner onshore. Lamb chops, sausages, baked potatoes & corn on the cob a great way to finish off another day in paradise.

 

We had a white tip reef shark come visit us, unfortunately he disappeared before I could get a picture.
9.38 nm,  2 hrs, avg speed 4.7 kn, total motor sailing 2 hrs