Day six and seven – rest followed by crazy kilometres.

Dicky beach camp ground was a fantastic place for a day of R&R. Arriving just before the thunder storm the evening before meant we did not have the time to set up our tents, a tarp covered the equipment while we supped coffee in the caravan annex of two awesome travellers Rhonda and Ken from Victoria – they were great. Marty feeling a bit under the weather ended up sleeping in their annex, Greg and I waited for the rain to pass so we were setting up our tents at 11 o’clock at night. The facilities in the caravan park were new, clean and the people were very friendly. When we left this morning we had Maryanne and Brenton fellow sea kayakers, Adam the life guard and a fresh of the boat English couple Rose and her partner came and saw us off at the beach… Brian who is soon to paddle in Alaska gave us some great advise. The visit was so good I am thinking about buying a caravan! 
Today we paddled 56 kilometres from Dicky Beach through to Noosa – we had a 7-8knot southerly forecast for the day which should have blown us up the coast very quickly but as with all weather forecasts sometimes they are wrong. At 1pm the wind shifted to easterly which slowed us by hitting us on the side, at 2pm the wind turned north east and was coming straight at us. We are all very sore and tired and ended up landing on the Noosa river camp ground right on dark. We have just eaten and are all making funny noises each time we move. Mudjimba island on the way up was absolutely beautiful with crystal clear water and beautiful vegetation- a real highlight. We saw Dolphins and several whales breach on our way up today – they were great to see. An exhausting but fantastic day had by all… DT.

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