Quick Salsa Update from Mooloolaba
Well after being here over 48 hours I decided it was finally time to get off of the boat. I was too lazy to put the outboard motor on the dingy so I rowed a 1/4-mile to the shore and then took a walk down the beach. I admit, my primary motivation was the free showers on the boardwalk, I don’t think it’s weird to use soap in the beach showers at all, I cant imagine why no one else does… Then I decided my beer rations were getting too low as I might spend up to a week or more in the somewhat isolated Sandy Strait area, my next stop. The Wind forecast is looking awkward, either too much wind or not enough or the wrong direction, but maybe I could make a sail of it if I leave tomorrow night and sail overnight. Its only 64 miles but that’s just a bit further than I can make in one day, then again I might attempt a night time approach since I’ve already been over this “Wide Bay Bar” three times and once at night One time being on my way south a few months back when I lost my forestay, but that’s an old story now. Back to the beer run, so the cheapest case (24) of beer that I could find was $40 AUD, that’s basically $40 USD these days since all of you back home decided to screw up the value of our dollar, not that I really blame anyone :-). So I skipped the beer and got a soft serve Ice Cream Cone from McDonalds for 50 cents, Extra Value meals here start around $9 just to give you an idea of the price of things… But that’s ok. In a few months I’ll be in Bali sipping $1.00 cocktails at the bar and getting $5 massages on the beach.
I added a few photos of the anchorage here at sunset to the Australia album;
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