Climbing Whitsunday Summit - 1 August

We didn't want to leave the Whitsundays without revisiting Cid Harbour and climbing the Whitsunday Summit.

We are now anchored off Outer Newry Island after travelling from Cid to Shaw Island (one night) and then to Outer Newry.  It is a smashingly beautiful day and lovely and quiet here.  Ian is out trolling the reef to see if he can catch fish.

What do you think of these views?

We motored  past Hamilton on Starboard and here on the Port side was Whitsunday Summit - it was 5.30 am.  We motored as the predicted wind was on our nose and we wanted to get advantage of the tide which would give us another 2 knots.  Was very rough through this passage, but we certainly got the extra knots and were anchored off Shaw Island at 9.am!  So enjoyed the lovely views here for the day.  We spent so much time here in the rain, that it was great to see the views in the sunshine.

Jan will enjoy this view, we were anchored below here right to the left.  This is Dugong Bay.

Cid Island in immediate foreground and you can see North and South Molle in the center, Shute Harbour would be back to left.

Dugong Bay yet again.

Gulnare Inlet with Yachts anchored - too shallow for us.  Then Hamilton Island - with the Buildings.  To the right of Hamilton is Dent Island, with Dent Passage in between.  We sailed down dent passage to get into Hamilton Island Marina to pick up Jan.

Hamilton to the right, then Pentecost with the very large granite rock, Lindeman behind this and then the long island in the distance is Shaw. 

The white strip on the left is Hill Inlet (where we took the photo of the most beautiful view in the world :)  )

National Parks have made a really good track up the Whitsunday Summit

Robyn had to stop for a huff, puff and sip of water stop every 15 minutes, very steep and the steps were made for 6' 6" people

National Parks have lots of good camping spots around the islands.