The launch from Gunyah Beach was wet through moderate surf, but it went all right.

Once out there, I set my GPS on a course towards Cape Carnot, quite an offshore paddling in a direct line. The only entertainment was to count the 32 windmills appearing one after the other out of the hazy day, again and again, until they were all clearly countable in a row… 

I rounded the impressive headlands of Cape Carnot and Cape Wiles, and headed north for 3 km to land in a calm bay with 6 very low surf lines rolling in.

There were some guys surfing on a spot before the beach, but I couldn’t see much of a good wave developing at any time. Good for me, bad for them! A cray fishing boat preferred to spend the night anchoring in a small cove before Fishery Bay, obviously knowing the “Fishery Bay” is now more a tourist spot with people swimming on the beach and surfing. Well, I saw two cars on the beach with two families…this *is* crowded for me and Australian relations!

I put up camp in the quiet left corner, happy to be dry and safe after a long days paddle again. I am feeling quite worn out, and am not really able to do much more than paddling, setting camp, cooking, reading e-mails and sleeping. I didn’t feel like typing any updates any night so far…

Message from Freya via satellite phone:

34.54 135.40, Fishery Bay. 50 km, 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The usual increasing headwind, 32 windmills on cliff edge, scary reef gaps on headlands, surfers in bay…