Waiting and a break to get to Gove.

Friday the 22nd of October at 2015 CT and finds us still at North Goulburn Island. The weather has been very consistent 15 to 20 kts every day with gusts from 29 to 27 kts, showers/rain with gusts up to 35 kts as well. The direction is easterly, naturally, and that is the way that we would like to go. It can be quiet frustrating as we are rather protected in the bay, but take a hike across the island to the other side and the BOM site is correct.
We have another 2 boats here and their stay has been longer than ours by 4 days. The prognosis seems to be that our earliest opportunity to go is Sunday or more likely Monday.
Any rate we prepare every evening just in case these experts at the Bureau of Metrology are incorrect .Good practice for us after our game of cards with Anika11.
The Island is over run with goats and I mean over run. The devastation that they bring to this fragile Island is huge. We believe that culling does take place but boy they need to be proactive and not reactive to the damage.
Well Saturday turned on the computer to read The Age and thought check the weather again, what a difference over night. With the stronger winds further north, the window that we had been waiting for was there.
In short we anchored at Howard Island at 1900 after doing 123nm and with a full moon giving us light, up at 0500 on Sunday, through the Cadell Straits and with a great tide we dropped anchor in Gove at 1430.
Found some more boaties that we knew, and listened to their tales of trials of the sea.
Today is Tuesday and already 3 boats have left and we are waiting to refuel. The weather looks like there could be an opportunity later this week, as the wind is forecast to drop to 10/15 kts. Huey master of the winds we would like not to bash into more seas, so please look after us.