We moved onto Hope Island with a very nice sail SE/E 10- 15 knots. We were fortunate to be able to take on the Barrier Reef mooring and settled down for the night. In the afternoon we dinghied (is there such a word? lol) around the island and there was plenty of bird and sea life. You could work around the island in about 10 minutes.
Well, the wind blew up that night and we were at the island for the next four days. We met some interesting people during the stay. Family who had been sialing for the past twenty years with three of the children being born on the boat. They had been to Japan and back and were now headed to Thursday Island. Another interesting couple inlcuded Ben Cropp who is well known to Australian divers, particlarly those of my vintage who had the pleasure of knowing him in the 1970s and 80s, and seeing his films on the dive congress circuit. He is a passionate diver, rsearcher, author and film-maker. Very interesting discussions were had on avoiding crocodiles and sharks.
Interesting we could get TV reception and managed to watch Cronulla and Warriors beaten in the NRL finals!
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