We decided to stay over a couple of days to have a rest whilst the winds and seas were not in our favour.
On our passage to the island we came across rivers of what looked like chocolate quick on the ocean. This is a natural phenomena of coral algae bloom which stretched far to the horizon for about 10 nautical miles, amazing to witness.
We arrived at sundown into the cove and greeted by a whale. Apparently it went in to the cove and brushed against some of the yachts anchored. Unusual behaviour perhaps. Once again we are busy coming into anchor so getting a really good photo was difficult.
That night we meet up with Robin from Joshua C- The square rigged tall ship (photos below) and was welcomed by Marty who lives in the tree house.
Usual sundowners on shore and the Percy island residents cooked up a meal of goat stew and what I like to call the "Percy Pesty Peacock in a Pot". A peacock had somehow become a resident on the island but was described as being a nuisance, loud and a pest and lost its resident status. It tasted like sweet chicken.......delicious.
The goats are plentiful on the island and yes I was giving a cuddle to a relative of what was also on the menu that night.
This is real life for the island inhabitants who are self sufficient on this beautiful island.
The next day Terry helped with some chores on the Percy Hilton fixing a water pipe in the tank on the roof of the yacht club and donating a LED flood light for the BBQ pit area.
In the meantime I fished and caught a beautiful sweet lip to share for tonights meal.
The resident host Marty went along the shore line at sunset with a net to catch whiting and garfish to cook up for the evening meal.
In a small lagoon just past the cove Robin and Annie have been mored for over 2 months at the island on their wonderful square rigged yacht Joshua C. I have made a deal to get a passage in the future on the Tall ship yacht in exchange for an old Brass porthole I have a home. The scene of this Tall ship and the little makeship moring and walkway was something out of a pirate movie. I loved it!
We stayed another night and joined the yacht club for a small fee which entitled us to make a sign of our yachts name and proudly hang it along side all the others that adorned the Percy Hilton shack, some dating back over 30 years or more.
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| Capt Tez being crafty |
We really love this little cove and the hospitality of the residents.
It remains my favourite place along the Queensland Coast on this journey.
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