Once we left Bundaberg, we decided to sail in between Frasier Island (biggest island formed solely of sand in the world) and the coast instead of around it, which saved us about 100 nautical miles of sailing. The trouble is, the area in between is SUPER shallow and consists of shifting sand banks (which are exactly what they sound like, piles of sand underneath the surface that shift constantly so no chart or plotter is necessarially accurate). Needless to say, we had to pay very careful attention to where we were going so we didn’t run aground. After staying in a marina, seeing the new Twilight movie, and then anchoring at a cute little place called Tin Can Bay, Thanksgiving morning we set sail to cross the Wide Bay Bar. This is a sand bar that goes out pretty far under the water, creating waves that break miles into the ocean and can be pretty dangerous, as sailing into breaking waves is never a good thing. We made it over fine, but were fully prepared for the worst. Spent Thanksgiving sailing through the night and eating noodles with tomatoes on them….neot gonna like I was a little bit homesick!
p.s. click on any of the pictures to see them a little bit bigger.
Irene and I posing for the camera
Magic Roundabout sails up!
Not too thrilling, but unless there is something super shallow in the sea, waves don't break so this is actually pretty cool if you know what's going on
photo of the sandy straights, from a canal, which we ran aground on for an hour
sunset at Tin Can Bay!
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