We’ve been really fortunate with seeing amazing creatures. It is whale migrating season at the moment, and ever since we passed Sandy Cape (at the northern tip of Fraser Island) and entered the Curtiss Channel behind the Great Barrier Reef, we’ve seen dozens of whales.

The dolphins have also been amazing ever since we left Sydney. Every encounter is different though. Between Sydney and Southport we were flying downwind in a big swell, width foaming bow and stern waves. The dolphins came to play almost every morning, surfing in the bow wave and occasionally showing off with a big jump or even a summersault.

This afternoon two dolphins came floating up while we were drifting along at 4 knots. They just slowly cruised at the bow, right at the surface, while we hung over the lifelines to gaze at them. Just amazing!

We also saw a huge turtle inside the Lady Musgrave Island lagoon, and a monstrous shark just as we were about to enter the channel into Lady Musgrave. I still can’t believe we convinced ourselves it was safe to snorkel mere hours later!