Pirates of Hinchinbrook Island - Sunset Beach

30th July - Sunset Beach.

This was a spare day for us as we completed 2 days of paddling on the previous day.

Today was a spare day having made up a day yesterday by skipping our night at Black Sands beach. Looking out to the east and noticing the seas looking higher - we were happy with the decision that we made.

The couple who we shared the beach with had headed off early in the morning and we wished them all the best.

We explored both ends of the beach finding fresh sources of water at both ends of the beach. We moved our camp into the designated site as it has more protection from the wind and sun.

It was a slow day - we did some exploring, then decided on an early lunch. Cam, Peter, Ian, JB and I decided to head down to one of the beaches. the tail wind was fierce and pushed us along at a great rate - probably 20 knots so the trip down was fast with the wind beginning to blow up.

We landed on the first beach where we could get some lee. The approach was tricky due to the rocks. After JB took care of business we headed back to the camp site. What was a 20 minute trip down became a 45 minute trip back. When the gusts hit us we pretty much stopped making progress. We made it back fine and where happy to be back. We picked some oysters to eat and settled into dinner preparations.

All in all a fairly quite day.