Year One
Date: 13/10/2008 20:45
Weather: Clearing
Location: Triangle Cliffs Fraser Island 25'01 49S, 153'12 04E
Author: Peter

Cruising is all about those special moments and its amazing how many of these moments there are and how varied they can be. It is impossible for my poor literary skills to effectively describe my surroundings to their best, but they sure leave me with a great feeling inside. The feeling I get anchored off the Triangles at Fraser Island just after the sun has set, the full moon already risen and above the horizon and the first star blooming in a still blue sky is one of tranquility and calmness. Ashore the light is mystical where pristine teal waters meet the pure white crystalline sands at the shore before abruptly changing pitch and steeply rising in the clotted cream sands of the sand blow that forms the cliff. Astern I can still hear the splashing of a baby whale as it leaps into the air and falls back to the water in a large crash sending a curtain of white spray into the air. Its mother calmly watching as she floats on the surface nearby.

What a perfect way to end the day. A kookaburra laughs somewhere in the distance to bring it all together. Then from away down the beach two bright lights rocket northward, some noise follows as a 4WD rushes back to its campsite for their evening meal. And true to 'The Castle' I think to myself "hows the serenity".

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