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37. Isabel Bay to Waddington Channel / Elworthy (Cougar) Island
A young stag swimming across Grace Harbour - not the sea life we expected!
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Saturday, 1 August 2015
36. Isabel Bay (Theodosia Inlet & Laughing Oyster restaurant)
We elect to enjoy the anchorage and spend a day exploring. We rev up the dinghy and run up Theodosia Inlet - exploring it for future reference. Through the narrows was no issues at all in the fast dinghy. I'm not sure how fast the current goes through it however, so made a mental note to check that before taking the trawler through.
Theodosia felt geographically removed with only one boat in the whole inlet and not much on the shoreline. It shoals pretty quickly and almost a mile from the head of the river. We pottered around in 6' of water (still far from the river) but didn't want to risk damaging the prop so didn't venture further. It would have been good to bring the kayaks! Theodosia is a good spot to try if you want to avoid the crowds of Desolation.
Back to the trawler we did lots of swimming, cleaned some mussels off the trim tabs, some kayaking, and generally enjoyed the warm anchorage.
Plans for dinner including visiting the Laughing Oyster restaurant. We had heard of it for many years but never had the opportunity to visit. The restaurant is just a few minute walk above the government docks. Being in the dinghy we didn't worry about dock space - a different matter in a larger boat as it looks like it fills up pretty quickly (including when we dropped by). The wharfinger was very cheery and nice but charged us for short term moorage - for a small dinghy arriving at 6:30 pm. Seemed a bit cheeky but we didn't shoot the messanger - she was just doing her job. The restaurant itself was great - certainly considering how far out of the way it was. Not perfect but certainly one that we will be going back to again. Good food and drink, great service, and great location.
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Theodosia felt geographically removed with only one boat in the whole inlet and not much on the shoreline. It shoals pretty quickly and almost a mile from the head of the river. We pottered around in 6' of water (still far from the river) but didn't want to risk damaging the prop so didn't venture further. It would have been good to bring the kayaks! Theodosia is a good spot to try if you want to avoid the crowds of Desolation.
Back to the trawler we did lots of swimming, cleaned some mussels off the trim tabs, some kayaking, and generally enjoyed the warm anchorage.
Plans for dinner including visiting the Laughing Oyster restaurant. We had heard of it for many years but never had the opportunity to visit. The restaurant is just a few minute walk above the government docks. Being in the dinghy we didn't worry about dock space - a different matter in a larger boat as it looks like it fills up pretty quickly (including when we dropped by). The wharfinger was very cheery and nice but charged us for short term moorage - for a small dinghy arriving at 6:30 pm. Seemed a bit cheeky but we didn't shoot the messanger - she was just doing her job. The restaurant itself was great - certainly considering how far out of the way it was. Not perfect but certainly one that we will be going back to again. Good food and drink, great service, and great location.
Click to follow route in Google Maps
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