Great Sandy Straits/Fraser Island

A 40 knot sou’ east wind, 6 metre swell and waves crashing on either side of the entrance made crossing the Wide Bay Bar extremely treacherous with a couple of boats coming to grief with the total loss of one vessel...........but that was last week.
Our experience was much less stressful.  We left Mooloolaba at 5am to reach Wide Bay Bar at 2pm. The crossing was smooth as Captain Robbo kept his crew safe and sound as his navigation was spot on. We sailed in and spent the next couple of nights in Pelican Bay near Tin Can Bay. Ro took the kayak for a paddle and found treasure in an abandoned sinking vessel close to shore. We are sure there will be lots of interesting treasures to find along our way.
Hit by a thunderstorm on the second night in Pelican Bay creating an amazing light and sound show that kept Noah entertained until he got tired of it and fell into a deep sleep with lightning and thunder crashing around as his lullaby.
Sunshine blessed us as we sailed north through the passage between Fraser Island and the mainland and navigated up the Mary River to Maryborough. It is unlikely that we will do any other upriver expeditions so we thought we would take this chance and spend a couple of days here as a less desirable weather pattern passes. The meals at the Post Office Hotel were worth crossing the oceans for!!!!
Weather permitting we plan to spend a couple of days on the Fraser Is west coast before making passage for Lady Elliott Island and then on to Lady Musgrave Island, Fitzroy Reef and ......???