Silver Gull Creek

 We had a short 4.2 mile passage from Crocodile Creek to Silver Gull Creak this morning.  We departed from our Crocodile Creek anchorage at 09:30 when the rising tide gave us enough water to navigate out of the creek.  The passage was short and uneventful but very scenic.

A view of Silver Gull creek from the camp.  True North is anchored in the bay behind the big hill on the right side of the picture.

After anchoring, we set out in the dinghy to explore.  There is an old camp which is no longer inhabited but still has a fully functional swimming pool with running fresh water.  I dropped Paul and Glen off at the camp and continued up the creek in the dinghy to explore.

Off to explore Silver Gull Creek

The creek forked into two smaller creeks winding at the bottom of tall canyons.  Mangroves lined the banks and I’m sure Crocodiles were present but did not see any during my dinghy trip.

Heading into the taller canyons of the creek.

I returned to the camp,and,went for a swim.  The ‘pool’ is a large water tank with fresh water piped in one side and overflows around the tank keeping the water level at around 1 metre deep.  The top of the tank was covered with green mesh in the style of a circus tent roof.  A large window had been cut out of the tank just above the water surface providing a great view of the creek and surrounds.  The water was very warm and there were -lasted beach chairs to, it on while enjoying the pool.  After swimming, we explored the rest of the buildings which included two very nice glamming tents which were still in excellent condition, a large meeting room / dining area which still had cans of food in the cupboards, an outdoor kitchen / barbecue area and utility sheds.  One shed contained a still working solar power system complete with battery storage.

Before departing the camp we were able to spot a 2 metre crocodile swimming along the opposite bank.  This is the first crocodile I’ve seen in the wild while sailing in Australia.