16 Mar 2017 - Boat Tour of the Lakes

We are going on the big one...

Another leisurely morning pottering and a bit of reading, and organised for a boat tour this afternoon. Peel family has been operating on the lakes since 1920. They run a few different cruise boats and various tours, including a much cruise to the Metung Hotel... 

The Entrance looking east along 90 mile beach

Shaving Point, Metung from the water this time

We are for the big tour, 70KM and 2.5 hours - Reeves Channel, Bancroft Bay, around Metung, Sperm Whale Head, Lake Victoria, around Raymond Island, into a couple of the Paynesville Canals, Chinaman's Creek and back. 

We are going in the big boat, 190 person capacity, aluminium catamaran. 

As with most waterside towns, the property is focused on the water, so you need to get on the water to check it out properly.

Took some video with the Olympus TG. Here is a couple of them; manoeuvring in the Paynesville Canals, and cheating using the stern control station to reverse into the mooring on return...




Tomorrow we are out of here heading east to Marlo and Cape Conron. Unfortunately the stormy weather in NSW is coming down the coast to meet us. So we will likely bail out in the next few days...