I live near Caloundra which has a narrow channel separating Bribie island from the mainland known as Pumice stone passage, it is very calm most of the time and about 21 Nm long, it does however have one small problem, it is very shallow near the middle section, in fact I was pushing my
through 30cm's (1 foot) of water at times in a section known as "the skids" for obvious reasons. I was however determined to make it from one end to the other and return, it is very picturesque and remote, I had a blast, winds were good and I averaged about 5.5 knotts, I was forced to motor through the shallow sections and put a ding in my prop and a slight bend in my fin at the bottom of the motor leg, all repairable. I stayed overnight for two nights in some very pretty anchorage areas. picture with captions below.
Navionics showing how narrow some of the passage is.
The end of the road, the Bribie island bridge in the background isnt high enough to get under so back I go.
First night camp site.
Sorry but for no logical reason this site only allows three pictures, even when referencing Photobucket, I tried to add heaps more.
Cheers, Dennis.
