Farewell to a Tranquil Experience (most of the time)
Our time on the boat has come to an end with a series of mixed blessings. We saw more aquatic life from dolphins to dugongs, snakes to lizards, and crabs and fish of every shape. We saw spectacular sunsets and untouched wilderness. The only challenges were a little bit of cabin fever and some navigational nightmares trying to make sense of the charts and finding the tidal markers. We enjoyed several of the inlets like Kauri Creek and Garry’s Anchorage the most. One thing we learned is that when you are using a house boat to travel give it a lot of power or you will have a bugger of a time trying to steer it as Stan can attest to. Stan was more afraid to losing a prop to a sand bar than keeping the boat straight so that led to some interesting discussions and displays of frustration. However all’s well that ends well but I am certain that Stan will not allow himself to be elected Captain again.
While we were onboard Stan learned that his sister Betty up in Whitehorse had been diagnosed with a serious case of lung cancer and so he will be leaving us for a while to go back to Canada to visit her and spend some time. He intends to rejoin us again perhaps in Thailand if things go well.
For those of you who are interested in knowing the cost of the Houseboat for 10 days for 7 people is was 1500 for the 10 days. Grocery and refreshments was about $600. Ice, Bait rental of fishing rods, Yabbi pumb, runabout timmy with outboard and all the gas for the housebout was $800 fro a grad total of $2900 Australian. So for room, board, 2 boats and all accessories it worked out to about $40/person per day based on a group of 7.
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