'Houses are but badly built boats so firmly aground that you cannot think of moving them. They are definitely inferior things, belonging to the vegetable not the animal world, rooted and stationary, incapable of gay transition. The desire to build a house is the tired wish of man content thenceforward with a single anchorage. The desire to build a boat is the desire of youth, unwilling yet to accept the idea of a final resting-place'. - Arthur Ransome





'For the truth is that I already know as much about my fate as I need to know. The day will come when I will die. So the only matter of consequence before me is what I will do with my allotted time. I can remain on shore, paralysed with fear, or I can raise my sails and dip and soar in the breeze.'
-Richard Bode



Friday, April 16, 2010

Pancake Creek

We dropped anchor in Pancake Creek at 1630 after leaving Gary’s Anchorage on Fraser Island at 0630. What a difference having those motors pushing us along. We traveled 134 nautical miles in 10 hours.
Today is a catch up one, we have filled our main fuel tanks from those bladders and I’m sure Kiella will love having less weight aft. Started the generator and will, with help from Bill, get the water maker going and not squirting water back at me from the safety valve.
The walk to Bustard Head Lighthouse is a must when you are here, so the good hour up with some bush bashing saw our sea legs get a work out. The view is as always worth it, but with all the seeds to extract from our sox’s and clothes not sure.
Tomorrow Island Head Creek beckons, and as Bill mentioned on our walk this morning we are 10% into our trip to Broome from Brisbane. Ian remaindered him that we have already done 33%. Boy have we really!!!!!!
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