The Ride to Burrum Heads

Last night we got one of the pleasant surprises we could hope for with the visit of Jett’s grandparents… Margaret and Peter. They were in the area and had been following our tracker when they realised we had landed just down the road from us so walked on down. To have such friends like this come and see us was wonderful and made day especially. 
Today started serenely as we left the tranquil waters of Hervey Bay but turned more lumpy as we rounded Point Vernan and headed north. A strongish southerly lifted us and we worked hard to ride it, though at times we didn’t seem to be making the progress we wanted. Many turtles lifted their heads to wish us well and as we neared the coast we crossed behind another bar and then scooted aLong nicely in the shallows. Though my speed was assisted when Dean scared a black tip reef shark under my boat. Following a moment of thrashing about I upped my pace. But it was only a baby really. 

When we approached Burrum Heads we faced an out going tide and many deceptive sandbars. We knew that we had to get to the main channel on the other side and so chose a small channel which seemed to lead us there.  It got narrower and then shallower. We had to get out and drag our kayaks through the shallows. Just as we were almost there we ran out of water. Damn. We had two choices… Turn around and paddle out to sea and the long way round… Or lift our gear and kayaks 15o metres over the sand. We chase the latter. We crossed the channel and tonight sit snug inside the dunes eating spaghetti bollanaise and drinking black coffee. Heaven. MS

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