Pancake Creek is a lovely spot and we could both spend a couple of weeks here easily... it is just delightful and so quiet, it is like being in a marina (now anyway). We are both sold on Pancake Creek !!! Unfortunately tomorrow we plan to leave for Gladstone – I say unfortunately only because this is such a neat spot. Today we hiked up to the lighthouse at Bustrad Head it is automatic now but has been restored and volunteers man it for people to come and visit – what a view, what a spot. But the little cemetery is a poignant reminder of the hash life our pioneers lived. Two babies, and a few drownings of young people brought home the reality of this life ( not to mention the lighthouse keeper who did himself in). We walked back to the dinghy after going to look at the view the other side – Jenny Lind Creek where we watched an eagle ride the thermals as we took in the view (see photo). We think we walked 6 km – but CGP decided we should walk along the water’s edge (it was low tide) and so we did adding a couple of km to the walk. But the good thing was we found some oysters…. yum yum – that was our entree for lunch, fresh as you can get. Tonight we had another fire on the beach to meet and chat to the other boaties. A Swedish girl about 28 who purchased her SMALL boat in Tonga and sailed it to New Zealand and then to Australia – she had crew for the NZ – Aust trip but is now on her own, like the trip from Tonga to NZ! The three happy blokes from Lady Hog (they call themselves the three piglets) and Lance and Rose who live on their boat and have been everywhere. What interesting people. Tomorrow we travel to Gladstone in company with John and Francis who sailed their boat through the Panama Canal back to Australia, and they are from the Margaret River area in WA. It has been a lovely day. By the way saw a dugong yesterday about 10 metres from the boat – fantastic!