MAY 2012 BRIBIE WEEKEND

An absolutely gorgeous boating day/weekend – clear blue skies, little breeze (until later on the Sunday afternoon), balmy 24 degrees, everything perfect for boating, until some clot did not realise it was Mothers Day until too late – my humble apologies.

I should also mention that the same clot also was given a late slot to get the boat out on the hard that weekend, so the boat was unable to go – I drove over anyway.

At Bongaree, the usual empty BBQ and lean-to spot where we congregate was a bit like every spot anywhere near the water everywhere, full of families spending recreation time together in celebration of Mothers Day. So the beachfront was a bit like rush hour at Piccadilly Circus, nevertheless Tony and Wendy Kelly (Quoll) found me as soon as I arrived and we had a chat and solved a few of the worlds problems.

On my way over Ed Barker (Waiben) phoned and let me know that he along with Peter Rigney and Eric Welch were heading back, as they had all gone over the day before. Later on Geoff Craig (Buragin) along with Jock as crew came out for a run, dropped the pick momentarily, we spoke on the phone, and he then headed back to Scarborough. Ray and Sue Aukett (Mavourneen) were onboard, at anchor just in front of the BBQ’s and they also weighed anchor about the same time.

Me, I found a free hot plate, cooked and ate a few “Woolies” prawns, then returned the way I came.

Beautiful day, a few made the effort, but the organisation was the let down – my fault, we will do better next month.

Unless there is another ungazzetted Government holiday, or unless there is an outbreak of war, or unless someone else points out something I have missed, our next foray across the pond to Bribie for the day/weekend is now planned for 16/17 June. The tides will be right with a 1354 low on the Sunday, so we will have an incoming tide to help us home.

I look forward to seeing you all there.

Cheers,

David Mason-Cox

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