We spent the day at anchor today, hoping that the south-easterlies will abate and maybe back to the east (or north-east even – please!).

Yvonne and Anna took the Fish Hunter (inflatable dinghy) out to the beach early in the morning to scout around, while I stayed on board to sort out a number of little jobs and do a general clean-up.

Later in the afternoon Yvonne and I decided to climb the higher of the two peaks.

This turned into a serious climb… As usual it was steeper than it looked and the bush was dense to the point that it was a challenge to find a way up. Getting to the top was well worth it though. We had fabulous views in all wind directions and a stunning vista over the anchorage to the east.

The descent was even more challenging than going up! We took a nominally flatter route (still quite steep, leaving us a with a bit of a hike at the water’s edge. As it was now high tide this caused its own little challenges…