After a fabulous night in
Schooner Cove, rafted up to enjoy fine food, drink and company with our resident
pumping band Miscellaneous Debris, it was a slow start this morning. The word
was out that it was a ‘Choose your own Adventure Day.’ The options were to bush
walk, surf with a side of rubbish collection, chill, or take a trip up into Claytons
Corner and onto Melaleuca Inlet to pick up a crew member.
The phrase herding cats is used
often as the team rally, talk logistics, check weather, liasise with skippers and
deckies, check the weather again, gather their gear, pack food, water and
essentials and finally get into zodiacs or head off in their respective boats.
Velocity and Nena filled with
walkers, surfers and rubbish collectors, dropped the Mount Stokes/Mount Misery
walkers at the start of the track. An intrepid bunch of experienced guides and
keen trampers thoroughly enjoyed the steep ascent to Misery. The views were
spectacular, each heart thumping step on the exposed track more than worth the
effort.
The V and Nena journeyed onto Toogelow
Beach for a sup, surf and foil. Conditions weren’t all time but the scenery
sure was! There was plenty of debris to be collected, so Mel and SP scoured the
beach and were joined by the surfers. Macro
debris and some micro pieces soon filled the bags and were ferried out to the zodiacs
by the wet suited surf crew. A few of the skippers took off in their zodiac to
collect debris they’d spotted at Wallaby Beach and came back with a big haul of
industrial sized ropes.
Rumours took a trip inland and
the Celtic Rose stayed at anchor. The arvo was spent brilliantly with marine debris
weaving, spoon carving, crib and game playing, reading and zoning out at the
incredible scenery or listening to the tales, tall and true, of fellow team
clean members.
The weather forecast looks like
rain is on its way so there’s talk of another quiet day tomorrow before we can
get back onto the ocean beaches and remove the ever rolling in debris.
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