Whilst the wind was howling, Bluebell was a lovely spot. Nice and secure, plenty of protection from the wind and swell.

Nina made some ciabatta and we turned our first painted cray into a lovely sandwich, with the rest going in Vietnamese spring rolls the next day.

She also made some crackers with the sourdough starter. These are fantastic and keep for over a week in a tub.

We managed to get another lobster, a real beast of an animal. The tail alone weighed 1.1kg - a good few meals worth! He put up a real fight, but in the end I was able to drag him out of his hole. We’re certainly finding lobsters here, but there are fewer of them compared to the Abrolhos. They are considerably bigger though…

With a day of calmer weather, we took the opportunity to have an explore around the area in the dinghy. In better conditions (less wind) it could be a lovely area, but with the howling bitter wind, its a bit too chilly for swimming. We headed over to Alpha island, which was the location of the Mosaic G2 nuclear test - the largest to ever take place in Australia. It was a boosted weapon (a pre-cursor to a full thermonuclear blast), reportedly at 60kilotons, though some reports claim as much as 96kilotons. By now the radioactivity at ground zero has decayed considerably and there isn’t that much to see beyond a marker.

A front passed close by and we got some rain, and the swell shifted around to the south west. As predicted, we woke up to a slight rocking with the swell getting into our anchorage. Our time at Bluebell island was over. With an early high tide, and a less than ideal morning sun, we picked up the anchor and moved east around to the Streeter Inlent on the east side of Hermite island. This was far more comfortable, despite the wind - and allowed us to scope out our next possible spot - Champagne Bay. I’d seen this on the satellite photographs and thought it might be a good a protected spot. Only one problem - it lacks water, but that may be an advantage….