Sea mists and jumping fish!

Up at 3.30am this morning and started the day with a 20km beach run. The beach here runs for about 240km with no houses or other signs of civilisation insight, just pristine white sand and crystal clear blue water as far as the eye can see. After the early morning run I got in the water and on the Epic Ski for a 45km paddle just as the sun was coming up.

As we looked out over the horizon we could see what looked like enormous storm clouds rolling in, however as we got closer and closer we realised it wasn’t a storm but a massive sea mist. This made navigating a bit of a challenge and for a few kilometres we had to guess the direction we were heading in by the swell.

Lots of sea life around today namely sea turtles and other ‘unidentified’ creatures swimming under the ski (they moved so quickly I couldn’t tell what they were!). There were also large schools of fish swimming around, which was great for the guys in the support boat who have adopted a new style of deep sea fishing… which is to just sit back and wait for the fish to come to them… which, strangely enough, is exactly what happened with a 30cm long fish jumping into the boat after being chased by a much larger fish!

Finished up for the day at around 12pm and about to go and have a big feed in preparation for another big day tomorrow. We are headed into Port Hedland tomorrow where a fundraising afternoon has been planned at the army barracks there.

Big thank you today to Eighty Mile Beach Caravan Park who have looked after us and to the holiday makers staying at the park who have generously donated to the charity.

We still have no reception today so CCIA is again blogging on my behalf. Unfortunately this means we can’t send through any new photos or video so we have included a few shots of the magnificent scenery we have encountered on our trip to date. We really are lucky to live in such a beautiful country.

Until tomorrow,
Craig

Ok so this one was actually taken on Sydney's Northern Beaches when I was still training for the marathon... but such a great photo though!

 

Tweed Heads

Suttons Beach, Recliffe QLD

Longreach Sunrise

Kynuna

 

Edith Falls

 

Lake Argyle

Lazy Sunday morning

How nice it was to sleep in and just lie in bed for the morning. I was so relaxed I forgot to ring 2KY at 7.45am for my regular Sunday interview. I managed to get on just after 8am and Peter Peters/Greg Hartley continued to support A2B4C.

After a Sunday big breakfast we travelled 29km’s to the Katherine Gorge. The support crew hired some canoes while I paddled the my epic kayak up to the second level of the gorge. Very spectacular, but didn’t see any freshwater croc’s. We spent two hours cruising the gorge and had a relaxing swim at the top end of the bottom level. This afternoon we are on cleaning duties and repairing/altering those little things that you put off until time allows.

Back into it tomorrow and ready to head south west towards Timber Creek.

The Rested Craig 

Aussie landscape

The top section of Katherine Gorge

Craig takes a day off

The crew look back in awe at Katherine Gorge