Once In A Lifetime

The morning dawned calm and misty so there were a lot of "arty" shots of mist hanging in the trees.  We were waiting for the forester and Andy to come back from an early morning hunt for a deer.  It turned out to be an armed walk and no deer were encountered or harmed.  The mist cleared and the sun came out.  Martin, Kristy and Kathy were taken ashore to photograph birds and the others fished off the bow of the boat.  Bev caught the biggest Blue Cod, (extra).   These parallel  clouds in the sky were blip worthy on their own but catching the tender returning with the photographers made the shot for me.
After lunch there was walking on Coal Island through the bush to see where the hardy hunted for gold.  Some chose to kayak or paddle board around the island.  Once back on the boat I had a hot tub which is situated right on top of the boat in front of where the helicopter lands.  It is the height of decadence to be soaking in warm water while soaking up the scenery with a gin to hand.
When the boat picked up speed I decided it was time to get out.  We went out to the Tasman Sea and around the corner to enter Chalky Inlet.  North Port was our anchorage for the night.  Markos the chef set out a magnificent antipasto platter including pate made from the Blue Cod livers that had been caught that morning.  The fillets from the cod where crumbed and fried for our dinner.  Yummy.  The operators of the boat have a policy of using as much from the catch as possible.