Very impactive area for an article..... Good on ya !!
It was just Erica and I on a 35 foot sailing vessel, bare
boating the Whitsundays and our
draft was too deep for the shallows of Hill Inlet.
So, we anchored next door at Tongue bay, and dinked ashore like some of the other posters , walked up the hill and took photos. We have them framed and up on our walls here at home.
Later, we dinked around the point, into Hill inlet, we noticed some
shallow draft sailing vessels that were anchored , and we motored over in the
dinghy and then thru Hill Inlet very slow and paying close attention.
We navigated partly by memory and mostly by eye ball
navigation since those sands tend to shift around. We are about halfway out of the inlet, when I looked behind us, and a line of several of those
shallow draft vessels were all following us out. I told Erica, that i hoped we had chosen the proper channels as I did not want a parade of boats sitting on the bottom.
Worked out perfectly, and we waved to them, as they headed out into deeper
water.
As you know long and beautiful Whitehaven Beach is right there as well, with the sand sparkling like diamonds, and the many, many Stingrays, zipping about in those shoal waters. What a treasure of mother nature.
We were very impressed with Hill Inlet and not to many people are familiar with the beauty of the area.
Well, after returning to Socal, about a year ago,, we were in Costco's huge discount store, and we spied a Kiosk with large photos of amazing natural scenes throughout the world. Each of these , with a frame, are about 2 plus feet by 5 feet . Spectacular !
We are are going thru the different pictures, and "HOLD UP. THAT IS HILL INLET !! ..What do you think ? Took about two seconds and out came the credit card ( $250.00 ) and that large framed full color
photo of Hill Inlet sits proudly decorating our living room. Daily, that picture makes our hearts feel good, and brings back marvelous memories of the Whitsundays and
Australia.
I am sure your article or guide book will be well appreciated . Congrats.
Cheers
Denny and Erica