Wednesday 20 February 2019 Wingan Inlet Day 3

Having decided, reluctantly for some and with great relief by others a paddle on the Wingan River from Boundary Track was beyond us, we had breakfast (whilst doing so we had a visitor),

 packed up our camps, waved goodbye to KT&G and headed down to the carpark near the beach ready to paddle the inlet on the high tide.

Once again our timing was a little off and the tide was going out. Once again we found our boats afloat. Not having to load much gear we were quickly afloat and heading off by 10.22am.

You can just see L behind the tinny, paddling out from behind the railings.

 No searching for routes through the shallows and sandbanks today - the inlet was our oyster. We chose to head for the eastern edge

The water was initially a deep emerald

Paling to this

And crystal clear

The paddling was sublime

We hugged the beautiful eastern shoreline

The Skerries looking huge in the distance

Paddling carefully to avoid submerged rocks and oyster outcrops

We did a lot of floating too

And watched a pair of sea eagles with their young one wheeling overhead. There was a lot to look at

The closer to the entrance we got the more we hugged the shore

A little further on from the above pic I bailed out and whilst the others paddled bravely closer to the entrance I bobbed about in a little cove and when they eventually turned to head back I paddled out and rode the nicely spaced incoming swells, which was fun as, I angled across to the western shore.

We met up at the inland end of the western sandback in a shallow cove protected from the breeze for a leg stretch and a snack.

We continued paddling up the eastern shoreline spotting lots of fish along the way

We poddled our way slowly along, not wanting to finish

And when we got back at 12.25 it was to find the water had receded somewhat and afforded us a dry landing.

Waiting for the boat trailer and enjoying a last look at Wingan Inlet



After loading the boats and packing away our paddling gear we decided to meet up at the Eden Wharf for a late lunch of fish and chips, or the case of L&I, a very good hamburger.

Trip Notes:
Put In/Take Out: Wingan Inlet Campground
High Tide at Rame Head: 9.39am 1.57m