Guichenault Point

We are currently anchored at Guichenault Point (affectionately know as the G spot), because no one can spell the name...or even pronounce it for that matter.  It is on the northern point of Francois Peron National park at the top of Shark Bay.

Arrived here at this very remote place, the day before yesterday after a very pleasant 4 hour sail with the wind from behind for most of the passage.  Anchoring was interesting.  We are over a Nautical mile offshore because it is too shallow further in.  there was a stiff 15 knot breeze when we were anchoring and the topography of the bottom is mostly seagrass....hence anchoring is somewhat difficult.  We managed to find a sandy patch on the 4th go, so we were set, but Divided sky had to resort to the fisherman's anchor before they stayed put in one place.  Consequently the sundowner had to be moved from Moonshadow to Divided Sky, until Nick and Robyn were happy that the boat wasn't going to move again.  We had had a very wet ride over to Moonshadow, who actually looked nearer than she was...and then moved across to Divided Sky.

There is some fetch here, but no swell (be thankful for small mercies!:)  We headed to shore yesterday, the yachts look very tiny from the shore...its a bloody long way!  We walked a couple of KMs along the beach amongst the mangroves.  There are all sorts of footprints in the sand.  Looks like Roo, emu, goat and some very big prints that could even be camel.  In the shallows we saw lots of shovel nosed Rays... many people call them shovel nosed sharks, but they actually belong to the ray family.   Someone had abandoned a 4WD bogun sled along the beach track...and it even had a "police aware" sign on it!  :)

Back to Aqua Vitae for a BBQ lunch and coffee...nice to give the old liver a rest for 24 hours!  :)

Margie tried several times to get hold of the fishing boat harbour and left 5 messages.  When they finally answered the phone, a very rude young lass told her that she hadn't bothered to ring back because they didn't have any availabilities, so there was no point her phoning Margie back...and no she couldn't say if anything was coming up later in the week and no she didn't have the yacht clubs number.  Public servant my arse!  Obviously needs a lesson in communication skills.

Margie finally got hold of the Yacht club and they reckon we can get up the fascine to the Yacht club. to the public moorings.  They say it is regularly dredged, so we will give it a go later in the week, so that we can get some supplies before we head back South again....

Very lazy arvo watching films and then bed..
Supposed to be going for another walk on the left side of the bay today, but the wind is up and it looks very choppy at the moment.....maybe later..... zzzzzzzz