Ngaro Sea Trail (Whitsunday Islands) |
About |
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Airlie Beach to Nara Inlet (27 km) |
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Heading out under sail |
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Nello takes the helm |
Leaving Airlie Beach |
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Passing Pioneer Rocks |
Leaving the mainland behind |
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Anchorage in Nara Inlet |
The rocky shoreline of Nara |
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Ngaro rock art (fishing baskets) |
Ngaro rock shelter |
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Nara Inlet to Stonehaven Bay (38 km) |
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Whitsunday Peak behind the point of False Nara Inlet |
The blue haze of the distant mainland |
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Castle Rock |
The batfish arrive to greet us |
At anchor in Blue Pearl Bay |
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Stonehaven Anchorage below Hook Peak |
Hook Island sunset |
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Stonehaven Beach to Butterfly Bay (22 km) |
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Brahminy kite flying high |
Langford Island sandspit - dive spot no. 2 |
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On the sand spit (weird effect due to fogged up camera lens) |
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The beach on Langford Island (lens still foggy) |
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Pulling in to Butterfly Bay |
The rocky point dividing the two wings of Butterfly Bay |
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Butterfly Bay to TongueBay (55 km) |
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Leaving Hook Island behind |
The rocky tor of Whitsunday Cairn |
The east coast of Whitsunday Island |
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View back towards Whitsunday Cairn from Whitehaven |
Arriving at Whitehaven Beach |
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A wet-suited Nello having just swum from catamaran to beach |
Whitehaven Beach beneath a cloudy sky |
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The rain arrives |
Sandy cove on Esk Island |
A passing turtle (photo: R. Watkinson) |
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Tongue Bay to Cid Harbour (47 km) |
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What you see when you get up early |
Yachts in Tongue Bay |
The zodiac lands at Tongue Point |
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The sands of Whitehaven Beach |
Panorama from Tongue Point over Hill Inlet |
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Catamaran approaching Solway Passage |
Pentecost Island rises from the sea |
Passing the southern point of Whitsunday Island |
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The conical peak on Hayman Island |
Approaching Fitzalan Passage |
Hamilton Island resort (for those who like high rises) |
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Grim weather ahead in Hunt Channel |
Leaving the good weather behind |
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Sunshine and cloud in Cid Harbour |
Sawmill Bay anchorage |
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The sun finally returns ..... |
... to set golden on the horizon .... |
.... and paint the sky pink |
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Climbing Whitsunday Peak (5 km - 440m ascent - 440m descent) |
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Crossing a boulder-strewn creek bed |
Forest of the slopes |
A big bird's nest fern |
Grass trees of the mountain tops |
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Cid Harbour to Stonehaven Bay- return to Blue Pearl Bay (37 km) |
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Stonehaven Bay to South Molle Island (47 km) |
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A strange light in the morning |
On a broad reach across the channel |
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Heading across the channel towards South Molle Island |
A humpback whale passes us by (photo: R. Watkinson) |
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Tide's out at South Molle jetty |
Odile photographs the setting sun |
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Yet another variation on the setting sun |
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South Molle Island to Airlie Beach (19 km) |
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A nice even path up to the saddle |
View across the saddle |
Looking towards the peak near Spion Kop |
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View from the eastern side of the ridge |
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The rugged slope of Spion Kop |
View across Whitsunday Channel from Spion Kop |
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The mainland - viewed through Unsafe Passage |
The northern end of North Molle Island |
Back home to Airlie Beach |
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