Here is the end of the cape. If you look closely, you can see the lone coconut palm tree wave high above the scrab brush.
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Cape Bowling Green is a very long (many miles long) finger sand spit. It is basically where a lot of sand is moved and dumped by the currents. However, it really warmed our heart as it reminded us of a number of atolls in the S. Pacific.
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06/03/2012, Cape Bowling Green, AU
We left Cape Upstart at 0830. I had to first change the impellor on our Onan generator. It lasted about 160 hours this time. It was a great improvement over prior to installing the brass check value on the sea water cooling water hose. However, after I changed the impellor, I had a small leak at one of the hose fittings leading to the heat exchanger that took longer than I would like to admit to fix.
The winds started out light so we motored sailed again. However, after a couple of hours they freshened to 8 to 9 knots (apparent) so we cut off the engine and sailed at 5.5 knots on a close reach. Ahhhh...peace and quiet.
The sun had finally arrived and the skies were clear and blue. It was warm also. The sun and the warm air and sailing again made our dispositions very pleasant and we were two very happy sailors. We had not seen the sun since forever and it sure was great to have it back.
The sail to Cape Bowling Green was only 45 or so nm and we arrived at 14:40. The cape is actually a very long finger spit of sand. It looked beautiful to two sets of eyes that sorely miss the South Pacific and the wonderful atolls that make that area of the world so special. There was even a lonely Coconut Palm tree standing tall above the rest of the scrub bush.
We rounded the cape to discover that we basically had all of Bowling Green Bay to ourselves. There was one small fishing boat that was anchored about a mile from us but that was it. We anchored in 6 feet of water and were still a good ¾ miles from the cape. The sea was calm and it was idyllic.
As soon as we anchored, we were visited by a swarm of dragonflies and butterflies. They just covered the boat. Mary Margaret and I thought they should change the name of this bay to Dragonfly Bay!
We are not sure if we are going to stay here a day or move on to Magnetic Island. We have heard so much about Magnetic Island that we are tempted to stay there a few days.
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We anchored in Shark Bay. We had thought of going for a wim but the name of the bay strongly suggested to us that we should not....
You can see the pretty little beach that was in front of us.
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As we approached the NE point of the cape, we sailed past these nobbies and the rock that is out past the point. The rock is called The Bun.
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