Next morning as the sun rose i looked about the anchorage - it was calm, the tide was slowly streaming in and the wind light. Mangrove forests lined nearly every shore, except for the small ramps and docks area.
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| Dungeness sunrise |
The kayak was lashed down in its secure position on the bow, ready for the trip.
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| River Harbour looking North towards moorings and boat ramp |
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| Looking south up estuary - mangrove forests |
The solar panel had found a place on the aft rail, out of the way yet in a full sun part of the boat, tied on with 4mm marine rope.
Motored out past the facilities into the Hinchinbrook channel then turned eastwards. Lucindas inner commercial port and the sugar sheds passed by. The Lucinda sugar wharf, at 6 km length, is one of the longest in the southern hemisphere. it extends from the sheds , across shoals, out to a deep water ship-loading terminal. In the cane harvest season, a long conveyor belt transports the bulk sugar out to the ship.
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| Lucinda Sugar sheds |
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| The long sugar wharf extends toward the horizon.. |
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| Six kilometres out is the ship loading terminal |
Hinchinbrook Island with rainforest clad mountains and clouds on the their peaks loomed magnificent to windward. (But didn't get a pic as focussed on navigating clear of the sugar wharf etc)
Once clear of the terminal and shoals, sail was hoisted, the engine cut and a port tack in 5-10 kn NNE allowed a course for Perlorus Island at about 4 -5 knots.
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| Pelorus ahead - close hauled port tack |
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| Hinchinbrook Island and Lucinda sugar terminal astern |
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