We left Eddy Reef at 7.00 AM to be able to arrive early at
Russell Island with enough time to explore. Instead we should have waited until
10 AM to get good visibility of the various bommies on our way out. We knew the
way and the closer bommies to avoid but still it wasn’t the right thing to do.
We got away with it but made a mental note not to try that again.
We were hoping to find available the only mooring to suit Zenitude
as the place does not look too great for anchoring. We got lucky, nobody there when
we arrived. The alternative would have been to keep going a bit farther up and
anchor at High Island, which seems like a good place to spend the night with
the forecast prediction of a calm night.
As soon as we hooked the mooring the dinghy went down and
off we went for a fantastic snorkel tour. There was almost not current with the
low tide slack and we were able to snorkel the south tip of the island as the
seas were calm and wind had died. Visibility was outstanding and so was the
reef even with the sun hiding behind some clouds. At the moment the sun came
out the reef looked even prettier. This was another time when I really missed
my underwater camera. Definitely we’ll have to get a new camera when we are in
Cairns.
On the way back from snorkelling we made land on the beach
and had a bit of a walk. There is a camping site in the island and the beach is
also very beautiful, the sand is covered in many coral pieces that make it hard
to walk over.
We could only see two people in the island for the whole time we were there but apparently there is a catamaran that visits frequently bringing lots of tourists to spend a day in the island. I guess we were lucky to have this place to ourselves.
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