A few more days on Great Keppel enabled further exploration. Captain was excited by the resident artists’ directions.
Apparently, in the age of sail, goats were left on many of the islands as food for the victims of shipwreck. Always eager to make new friends, Matey was excited to meet some remnant feral kids, who only bounded away when she was almost touching them. Inappropriate as they may be for the environment, they were cute. Captain’s kid curry jokes also were deemed to be inappropriate.
We
explored the northern part of the island – including walks to the old homestead (formerly a sheep farm) Butterfish Beach and Wreck Beach. At some point coconut palms have also been planted for wrecked sailors
so we made sure the bounty didn’t all go to waste.
Then to North Keppel Island, only about two hours’ sail away - perfect!
By good fortune, as we
were starting the walk to Mazie’s Beach, we encountered a group visiting the
education centre on the island including one of the indigenous owners who was
happy to chat with us and told us about a good snorkeling spot. ‘No need to go
to Cairns’, he said, ‘It’s better here and no crowds’. We wished we could have
spoken to him for longer as he was so knowledgeable about plants. We were struck
once again by the warmth of people we’ve met.
2 comments:
Sensational visuals Matey. You are making us very jealous. Great to see the unspoiled bays and coastland. Glad you are having some lovely weather. Cold down south with much rain and would you believe it the odd tremor or two - Moe to Melb. The lifestyle seems to be suiting you both! M and C heading north to visit The Aunt with Mary hopefully in early Aug. Stay safe!
PS We were interested to see pics of 1770 as we visited there in 2000 and found it to be wild and windy.
Hey Mid Cuz
Just arrived at Mackay today - wild and windy here too, but probably not quite as cold as there. No internet access for the last couple of weeks so a big post is brewing ...
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