We left Awinya
Creek on Fraser Island at 0400 on Thursday morning to run for shelter at Burrum Heads from the
forecast strong west south west winds. Burrum Heads is around 20km north of Pialba and is on the Burrum River. It is well sheltered from most strong winds so long as you have a shallow draft vessel. The early start was to allow us to
arrive at the top of the tide at Burrum Heads so that we could find a good
anchorage. At 0545 the sun started to come up over Fraser Island and Hervey
Bay.
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| First light over Fraser |
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| The sun is nearly up |
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| And..here it is. |
We entered
the Burrum River channel at 0945 and had a good look round until we finally
anchored in 2.9m of water. The predicted westerly came 18 hours early and blew consistently
for around 10 hours. We were safely anchored in the shelter of the Burrum
River. Friday was cold, wet and miserable and we had a cabin day catching up on
nothing in particular.
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| Look 250 games - all different Solitaire! (note: Ugg socks, it was cold) |
On Saturday
the rain cleared and we went ashore for a long walk. Burrum Heads is a beautiful
place with lots of friendly people. The tide also goes out a long way.
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| Lots of intertidal sand |
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| Burrum River |
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| Holiday house in Burrum Heads |
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| Passive fishing at the caravan park. Anglers are enjoying a cold drink nearby. |
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| Burrum Heads foreshore |
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| Robyn's park bench with a table - Where is my drink? |
Chris’
brother Ray was in the neighbourhood so we had a night on land in a caravan
park cabin. Even the sunsets from the caravan park were magnificent. The rainbow lorikeets also like Burrum Heads.
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| A night ashore |
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| Sunset over the Burrum River |
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| A cold morning in Burrum Heads for Ray and Chris |
The caravan
park was full of Avans. The Avan club of Australia (Wide Bay branch) were
holding a weekend meet and there were around 40 Avans scattered around the
park. We got nostalgic as we were previous, very happy owners of an Avan. We rang our
friend Daphne who now owns our Avan.
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| Avans everywhere |
On Sunday,
after a big breakfast at the Foodworks Café, Ray headed off and we returned to Maripi.
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| Foodworks Cafe- best in Town |
We looked up the weather forecast and we are on the move again.
The photos of the sunrise are beautiful. It must be wonderful seeing the sun come up over the water, in the morning whilst on a boat. We watched the sun set over the water at St Kilda last year. It was a calming yet inspiring experience. One can never tire of seeing the colours in the clouds change as the sun rises or sets.
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