The weather forecast said there would be a bit of north wind for a couple of days, so we left the little marina of Rosslyn the day before yesterday and arrived another 200 kms further south, in Great Sandy Strait, early this morning.
Rosslyn is opposite Great Keppel Island, not far away. It had an ancient battered courtesy car so we were able to drive the 8 km to the nearest shops and do a good stock up. As often happens the indicator and windscreen wiper controls were not on the usual side, so at every junction there would be a great screech of dry wipers! Excitement the evening we were there as a boat caught fire just upwind of us. We smelt smoke and in no time flames were roaring inside. The fire brigade arrived very quickly but we were worried that gas tank or fuel would explode and decided to take Pegasus out of the berth for a while. Evidently it was the second boat in a week to catch fire so arson was suspected and police were on duty all night and the next day until the boat was towed away.
Terrible weather forecast for the coast we were passing yesterday, thunder storms, hail, and lots of rain. Luckily out at sea the sun was shining, and we only had a couple of showers. It was a very slow trip though, and the wind didn't blow from the north all the time. In the early hours of this morning we had 25 - 30 knots on the nose, and were only managing 2 knots under motor as the current was against us as well. So we are pleased to be in these sheltered waters between Frazer Island and the mainland.
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