4 October 2005 Mourilyan Harbour

Greetings from this land-locked cyclone-proof harbour in North Queensland. It is almost possible to sail past and miss the entrance even though it is a shipping port for sugar transportation. Leads take you inside without difficulty provided the tide is slack. Current from the Moresby River empties through the harbour and can create quite a rip at peak ebb and flood. Illywhacker is making her way slowly south from Cairns back to home base in Townsville. The aim being to arrive before Lyndall's next hospital session. Her weakening condition prompted the specialist to suggest we find an easier lifestyle - he obviously hasn't been aboard and sampled the liveaboard comforts. However, we did decide to rent a pad ashore and test out the theory that she would find life more comfortable.