Hook Island – Butterfly Bay and Nara Inlet

At Blue Pearl Bay Hayman Island, we rendezvoused with our friends Robyn and Craig on ‘Unhinged’ with whom we had spent quality time with in Mooloolaba earlier in the year. They were making a quick trip through the Whitsundays on route to Townsville due to work commitments. From there we sailed in company around Hayman and into Butterfly Bay on the north side of Hook Island where we had a great night catching up in a pristine anchorage surrounded by coral bombies.
The following morning after we shared fresh scones with Robyn and Craig, they continued north and we sailed around the western side of Hook Island and into Nara Inlet. This inlet offers great protection from the south east winds with encroaching forest down to the waterline. We were able to tuck ‘Maripi' right up into the inlet. Soon after we anchored we took the dinghy ashore and walked up through a rainforest to explore aboriginal caves and their paintings. Noah always enjoys our walks as it seems he already has a beautiful fascination for nature.
It was here Lana caught another fish! A fighting 8kg salmon almost caused the handline to cut through her fingers but she ended up wrapping the line around one of the boat winches to pull the monster in.