Today’s trip was from Mooloolaba to Double Island Point. We are camped here overnight. It is an openroadstead – that is it is really in the ocean and according to Alan Lucas – the expert “one of the most uncomfortable anchorages on the east coast” – great! But so far it has proven to be OK. Tomorrow we cross the infamous Wide Bay Bar to enter the Great Sandy Straights – the path to Harvey Bay. Today was a mixed bag of nice breeze (for 50 minutes or so) and just enough wind to help the engines along. We arrived at our overnight anchorage at about 1500, having seen a big turtle on the surface – scared the hell out of him poor chap. We also saw a pod of whales mooching along – a few spouts, a few tails etc. And I almost forgot a HUGE fish. We actually hooked two at the same time but one broke the line – so we missed the fish, and the trace and the lure – damn. Tomorrow we wait until about 1330 to cross Wide Bay Bar as we need the flood (or incoming) tide for safety’s sake. I hope it stays quiet as it is pretty tricky and we’ll be glad to have it “behind” us. The weather is due to come in from the south overnight but not too strongly. – Boy it’s a dark night – can hardly see your hand in front of your face.