Haslewood Island – Windy Bay

Passing through Hook Passage which separates Hook Island from Whitsunday Island, we anchored for another walk at Tongue Bay. From the lookout we captured expansive views of Whitehaven Beach, Hill Inlet and across Whitehaven Bay to Haselwood Island. This is a really popular tourist anchorage with some 350 visitors going ashore and up to the lookout each day. Ro was in his element surrounded by some famous past Sydney to Hobart racing yachts such as Condor, Freight Train and Ragamuffin who now ply the “back-packer” trade route. Weighing anchor we sailed past Esk Island to Windy Bay on the north west tip of Haselwood Island, where we were excited to be joined by friends Pat and Phil on Aqua Vista as well as new friends, Deb and Brett, on ‘Swanning Around’ - a beautiful sailing catamaran that they spent 2 and a half years building themselves.
Dinner that night was a real affair on ‘Swanning Around” – great food, company and lots of laughs. While on the subject of food... Noah has cracked into the solids and is not looking back. Early the following morning we all went ashore for a few hours of bush-bashing, reef walking, beachcombing and shucking big black lip oysters off the rocks. Over the course of the next few days the 7 of us experienced a most memorable time sharing stories, food, ideas, philosophies and many many laughs.