After the coral at Lady Musgrave we had a stonking reach (this is Timshel’s best point of sail) across to Pancake Creek and moored among drying sandbanks. We spent a few days in this well sheltered anchorage then did an overnight passage north to the island of Middle Percy. Then it was across to Mackay, the port where we first entered Australia; coming from the south you have to skirt round the many tankers in the anchorage. It’s very friendly here and the staff even remembered us from last year.