We are still in Pancake Creek. We now think that Monday looks positive to run to Bundaberg. It takes a deal of patience to put up with waiting for the weather window but as there is nothing one can do about it you just have to go with the flow. Tuesday was a red letter day for the crew of Phlat Chat. We went to check our crab pots about midday and lo and behold a giant mud crab was sitting happily on the trap we found washed up and wrecked at Sea Hill. We rebuilt it and it has paid us in spades! The crab was male (you can’t keep females) and was 180 mm across 30mm more than legal size and it weighed 1.25KG – a whopper. The question was what to do now – the damn thing had claws that cold literally take your finger off. We did the smart thing and called for help from the locals. Bob from Kinta knows what’s what and he came to the rescue. We tipped the monster out into a bucket and put a wet towel over him, and a bloody big cover on the bucket. Chris was VERY nervous about getting up through the night in case he got out. He didn’t. Wednesday morning he was dispatched and cooked (thanks to our crab consultant Bob, who directed proceedings and allowed us to borrow the kit we needed. We can him cols for tea – he was magnificent. God, I hope we catch a few more!! Last night we had a progressive dinner on three boats, Synergy, Phalt Chat and Tack Z Evasion. It was great fun – we ate too much and had a ball. 12 people moving from boat to boat eating too well and too often. Today we walked to Aircraft Beach (about 4 kms each way) and had lunch with the “Tin Can Bay Mob”. It is called Aircraft Beach as planes land there. One was there as we arrived and he took Chris for a lift as he taxied up his “runway” – pretty cool. After lunch four of us decided to walk the extra distance to the Lighthouse, another couple of kilometres. There we met Anne and Dennis who kindly invited us in for a cup of tea and a chat. We then walked back to the dinghy and checked our crab pots (nothing!!!). Another busy day at Pancake Creek.