Today we visited Banjal, or Vansittart Bay – Jar Island & the Anjo Peninsula
Deb stayed on-board this morning and I took the second Explorer for the morning adventure.
There were 2 explorers from the Coral Explorer in the water near our boat, the Explorer had run out of essential supplies and was being topped up from our boat.
I saw our neighbour at the boarding area, she was wearing a mask. Her RAT (testing for 4 things) is negative. She has a scratchy throat. Last time she had Covid it took 3 days for the RAT to show +ve. I spoke to her from a distance. There are a few people on board with scratchy coughs.
My excursion this morning consisted of a cruise around Jar Island (about 1km x 0.6km). It was named after Macassan jars (Macassans came from what is now Indonesia) found on the island by Phillip Parker King. The area is a site for the pearling industry. There are pearling “String farms” scattered around the area. Pearling has been an industry here since at least the 1800’s. Initially pearling was all about the shells, used for buttons, etc. and then into pearls in the 1900’s. The oysters can be used to produce up to 3 pearls. Continue reading →
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