We arose to beautiful weather and a lovely 15 knots of wind. As we were sheltered close to the shore, we could see this blowing across the water at the back of Cid Harbour. After breakfast we cleaned the fridge, something had leaked, probably from the rough trip. Loading the tender we headed around Cid Harbour in the tender. The anchorage with all the other yachts and cruisers was protected and there were a few small sandy beaches. It was clear the damage from the cyclone. Most of the trees had some sort of damage and many had lost many of their leaves. The hills, which are normally covered in trees in this area, were largely covered by tall sticks with the occasional branch with some new leaves.
On the far northern side of Cid Harbour we could see there was some sort of vessel washed ashore, also no doubt as a result of the cyclone. We headed around the bay and approached the boat. It was some kind of steel fishing boat crossed with a cruiser, quite large, probably at least 80 foot long and high up on the rocks on Daniel Point. It would be hard, if not impossible, to get the boat of those rocks. Might be a wreck for future generations, a shame it wasn't in 10m or so of water as it would have made a great scuba diving wreck and it would be a great home for fish and corals. Through the windows of the boat we could still see the personnel effects, books, tins of food etc. A sad end to "MV Banks" from Ulladulla.
We headed back to the yacht across Cid Harbour, unfortunately we were crossing the open bay now and there were a few small waves and wind which soaked both Daddy and Jasmine. All part of the adventure and worth the effort. The engine of the tender ran without a hitch, probably the longest trip so far (1.5hrs). We boarded our yacht and grabbed our goggles and headed into the beach less than 50m away for a swim and explore. The beach was less than 100m long, so the exploring didn't take long.
This beach had sand but there were also pebbles and old shells. Jasmine dug in the sand and Daddy looked at the bottom for interesting shells. Just off the beach in the water was a strip of largely broken shells (future sand) that were the size of sultanas and beyond them in slightly deeper water was small rocks, most the size of an orange and the occasional one the size of a watermelon. Daddy saw a few small fish, but no coral.
Jasmine returned to the tender which was anchored 2m off the beach (tide was going out) and she saw a large wasp (she is calling it a big fly with a stingy thing!). If that makes her feel better :)
We headed back to the yacht for lunch and then relaxed on the yacht. Jasmine worked on her school assignment on "Coral" with Daddy's help.
Tomorrow we will head into Airlie Beach for a few days to relax before reuniting with Mummy and Nicholas on Mother's Day 14 May when they fly back from Sydney to Proserpine.