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Day 11: Sailing to Lizard
Island
October 2, 2005
After leaving Cooktown, we
continued heading north again over the Great Barrier Reef, towards
our next destination, Lizard Island. There is great anchorage there,
and a lovely resort. There are also 11 species of lizards living on this island, including a few large monitor lizards (close cousins to the Komodo
Dragon) so I'm really psyched about this stop. This love for reptiles was given to me by my Uncle Ian - on my mother's side - who used to take me and my brother snake-hunting in my formative years. It stuck. Well, it's a long story, but anyone who knows me knows that I'll dive on any scaled critter I come upon in the wild.
We sailed along the Queensland coastline,
with the rugged and desolate mountains rising and falling along
the way. Seas were gentle and the wind was at our backs most
of the way. But we had to keep our eyes wide open and constantly
plot or course because of all the reefs along the way. Our path
was generally guided by markers for the shipping channel, but
you never know...

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Click
to watch video: Leaving Cooktown
Click
to watch video: Sailing to Lizard
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Left: Makulu under way to Lizard
Island
Below: Todd keeps watch for
coral heads off the bow of the Makulu as we
approach Lizard Island

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