Heading South!
17 November 2015 | Tin Can Bay anchorage
Ange
We really enjoyed our time at the Bundaberg Port Marina. The importation of PANNIKIN went smoothly & was completed in a week. Customs & Quarantine were quick to respond to paperwork & nothing was a hassle. The marina has a restaurant, take away shop & a lovely gift shop. There is also a large seafood co-op next door selling fresh seafood & the local spanner crab. The marina supplies a mini bus into Bundaberg twice a day during the week. Staff were very friendly too!
It was great to have a meal with & catch up with our friends too. Garry & Kerry on TAKE TWO arrived the day after us & kindly lent us their car so we could explore the area. Dave & Rose on AUSSIE RULES arrived as well. It was good to see them...we hadn't seen them since Mexico.
Once we were cleared to leave the marina we headed south to the Great Sandy Strait...a protected waterway that runs between Fraser Island & the east coat of Australia. We spent four days floating down the Strait, fishing & generally having a lazy time. We had a walk through the Kingfisher Bay Resort on Fraser, which is really lovely & spent most of that afternoon watching a dugong swim around the anchorage.
We are currently anchored in Tin Can Bay waiting for a weather window to head to Mooloolaba. We had a walk through town yesterday, did some groceries & spent the rest of the afternoon fishing off the back of PANNIKIN. Only caught a shovel nosed shark! Our fishing competition is going well...Steve has caught a few more fish that Ange & is ahead in the species count... 4 to 3!!
It's great to be able to ring family & friends whenever we want. Seeing as though we are on PANNIKIN until the end of January our little journey hasn't quite finished yet!