Russian Bay - Shallows Spuddle
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Wed 7 Aug 2019 23:57
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Spuddling About in the
Shallows of Russian Bay
 We set off to the far end of Russian Bay.
 The scenery
is quite dramatic.
 We headed over to visible rocks, beyond had we turned right, we could have
followed an inlet for quite some way but it was too shallow for Baby
Beez. This side of the rocks we checked out areas of old reef but other
than a few fish in dull browns we saw no new growth or anything worth
snorkelling over. On we went.
 Wonderful palm
trees on the shore.
  One and three quarter miles from
Beez in the south-west corner of the
bay.
 Mangroves
all around the edge.
 A heron.
Soft mud and very shallow, Bear had to put the outboard up at an
angle.
 Further round things got rockier.
 The tide was out when we saw a sign, I went to investigate.
 I hopped out and made it a little way
toward the sign but the mud was gloopy. Shudder. Not for me. The sign didn’t help. We had tried to find the old Russian
wreck but clearly this side of the bay is too shallow for a big boat. Next time
we come we will try the inlet opposite the anchorage.
 We left the
mangrove and headed back to Beez. Using my observation bucket to
check out all the rocky bits as we crossed the bay further along, but again,
just old reef and a few fish. On the morrow we are moving over to Sakatia
Island, hopefully we will have the internet. We could stay here in Russian Bay
for ages but.......missing contact with the outside world.
ALL IN ALL WE STILL HAVE A
WRECK TO FIND
A BIT OF
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