Pelsaert Island Day 3

We woke to another beautiful day in the Abrolhos Islands.  Breakfast was crepes, bacon, fruit and maple syrup.

A delicious breakfast!

After breakfast we jumped into the dinghy to go for a walk on Pelsaert Island.

Arriving on Plesaert Island

We left the dinghy beside the derelict guano jetty which is just off the right of the picture above.  Also at this location were the ruins of an old shelter and of the old tram railway used to bring bird guano from the island to the jetty for shipment to the mainland.

Shelter ruins with True North moored in the background

The hike took us a couple hundred metres across the island to the ocean side where we finally found crayfish (or parts thereof).  We hope to find some live ones for dinner soon!

The first crayfish evidence we have discovered so far

The walk continued around a pond which we thought might be fresh water.  Alas on testing it we found the water to be very salty.

The pond contained seawater

As we continued around the shore and back to the dinghy, we pushed a sea eagle along ahead of us.

A sea eagle perched between John and our dinghy

The excitement didn’t end when we headed back to True North.  We had another large 7 to 8 foot shark swim closely around us as we left the shore.  A bit later in the afternoon, a pod of dolphins arrived to pay us a visit.  I’ve posted a short video below.


Finally, our day ended with a wonderful dinner of souls vide butterflied lamb leg, roasted vegetables, potatoes and gravy.  This meal was a day early birthday dinner for crewman John.

John’s birthday dinner (a day early)

We plan to sail to the middle group,of the Abrolhos Islands tomorrow however forecast high wind and large waves may keep us at our current mooring for another day.

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