OK, so we did stay overnight at Chalkies and had a great time – met the crew of two cruising catamarans and had drinkies with them ashore at Chalkies. So ended Saturday. On Sunday we were up early and had a leisurely short sail down to Shaw Island – we chose to anchor at Burning Point and went ashore to have a look around. Talk about wildlife central – we saw more turtles than anywhere so far and many of them right up on the shore line were we were walking – we also saw heaps of fish and stingrays and a little shark was cruising the shallows too. Then a very large sea eagle made his presence felt. It was neat. Monday morning we were underway by 0715 (real time not this daylight saving you southerners have !!!) to go to the Newry Islands on the way to Mackay. So we have really started heading south now. We will be in Mackay tomorrow and the boat comes out of the water on Wednesday for servicing. Right now we are in a lovely little bay sheltered from the sea breeze watching the dolphins round up some fish for their lunch. Also a sea eagle is circling looking for a free feed. We plan to go for a bush walk on the island this afternoon and early to bed for our trip to Mackay tomorrow.