After a great down wind sail over night last night with 15-20 knots of wind out of the East-south East we decided to pull in to the northern of the two Gouldburn Islands. The Bureau of Meteorology have put out a strong wind warning for this area so we decided to avoid the big seas, get a good nights sleep and start up again tomorrow. We anchored in Mullet bay on the western side of the island in about 20ft of water just off the long sandy beach. There is an Aboriginal community here who are supposed to be very welcoming to visitors but the effort to pump up and drop the dinghy was a little to much after a sleepless night last night. The islands are pretty flat and covered in vegetation and the only sign of inhabitants is the satellite dish sticking out above the trees just of the beach!!
Now we'll enjoy another great sunset, have some dinner and watch a movie before getting an early night. We have to start up at 6 am tomorrow morning to head 50nm along the coast to David point at the beginning of the Bowen straights.
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