Anchorage Information
Hervey Bay (Urangan) to Mackay
(Special thanks to "Catamaran Imagine" for this information.)
| Start |
Destination |
Comment on Destination |
Approx Dist.M |
| Hervey Bay (Urangan) |
Burnet River (Port of Bundaberg) |
Port of Bundaberg Marina is excellent. It is 1.5M upriver, 16km from town. Buses every hour. This is the most suitable of the 3 marina's. |
45 |
| Burnet River (Port of Bundaberg) |
Round Hill |
Town of Seventeen Seventy. Go in on high tide only (not visited) |
46 |
| Round Hill |
Pancake Creek Creek |
Shallower entrance than reported. Go in no sooner than mid tide and hug the port buoys. Uncharted port buoy on Clews Point. Pass close to it. Midges in the mangroves |
12 |
| Bustard Head-Pancake Creek |
Lady Musgrave |
Arrive when sun is overhead and at low-tide(not visitied) |
35 |
| Pancake Creek Creek |
Gladstone |
Poor anchoring in Gladstone Harbour. Entrance to the Narrows. Must go through on the right tides to clear drying banks. Cattle cross at low tide! (not visited) |
30 |
| Pancake Creek Creek |
Cape Capricorn |
Anchor off the Sand Blow. Sand, excellent holding in all weathers (not visited but looked good) |
45 |
| Cape Capricorn |
Hummocky Island |
not worth the uncomfortable night |
7 |
| Pancake Creek Creek |
Hummocky Island |
Incredible swell.Very,very rolly. Actually thrown around in galley when cooking. |
55 |
| Hummocky Island |
Rosslyn Bay Marina |
Excellent Marina with courtesy car available and a regular bus service. 6 klm's to Yeppon. |
27 |
| Rosslyn Bay Marina |
Great Keppel Island |
Fantastic spot. Has enough small bays to accommodate all wind directions |
8 |
| Rosslyn Bay Marina |
Port Clinton |
All weather haven |
42 |
| Rosslyn Bay Marina |
Pearl Bay |
Pretty bay. Can be uncomfortable in on shore winds |
45 |
| Rosslyn Bay Marina |
Island Head Creek |
All weather haven. Excellent cyclone hole. Midgees are there in abundance. Turles sighted. Tricky to get in. Follow the northern entrance off the sand bank, hugging the rock. |
50 |
| Island Head Creek |
Percy Islands |
Worth a visit. No safe anchorage in developed winds. Whites Bay good in a NE. Watch the midgees in the hut in West Bay |
45 |
| Middle Percy Is. |
MacKay Marina |
Excellent Marina. Long way into town. Buses service the marina |
65 |
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