Caption Contest (!)
Here it is, the post you’ve all been waiting for: October’s Caption Contest (!).
We found this photo on Marine Rescue Hervey Bay’s Facebook page.
Hervey Bay (pronounced Harvey) is in Queensland, Australia. It is a sleepy little town situated on the edge of a calm, protected bay, which is a breeding ground for large numbers of whales. It looks as if they also have ‘big’ tides!
© 2020 Marine Rescue Hervey Bay
Drop your caption into the Comments below. Good luck!
And remember to check out September’s winning caption and top 10 in this month’s Latitude 38 magazine.
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I’m not sure that this is the right way to fish for Rockfish!
High see!
Aye see!
“Always entertaining – Captain Jack’s bottom painting projects were a race against time and tide – and a ballet with gravity”
Let’s just anchor overnight- I don’t want to hit that big rock everybody’s been warning us about…
“Yup – it looks like the anchors holding.”
It’s ok captain, I can’t se the shoreline.
“Cap’n, that new anchor seems to be holding as solid as a rock!”
A perfect landing!
That first step is a killer!
Land Ho!
I’ll have a Nuria on the rocks
The high point of our fishing trip.
Rock solid method to careening in style.
Social distancing from waves
Low Tide!
All set for that polar ice melt!
Why? Because it’s there.
“Honey, it looks like the tide went out … but, the anchor held.”
“I’ve got some good news … and, I’ve got some bad news.”
No ! I said reverse !!
Ahoy, Captain, I see land!
Forgot the dinghy so we need to walk ashore.
I think we’ll have to adjust the dip
High and Dry
Bringing a whole new meaning to a ‘well balanced boat.’
I see I set the fender a bit high
G’day from Marine Rescue Hervey Bay! We were nicely surprised to see a photo from our page all the way over the ‘Pacific Pond’. Your description of Hervey Bay was quite accurate, except our tides aren’t that big. We just used that photo to highlight some important factors regarding safe anchoring.
Hervey Bay is a great holiday destination (in normal times), and became the first ‘World Whale Heritage Site’ last year. With Fraser Island wilderness just off shore, and great boating and fishing, Hervey Bay is definitely the place to be. Feel free to follow us on Facebook.
#VisitFraserCoast
Cheers!
Hi Graeme, thanks for noticing us! Great photo by the way 🙂 And we’re happy to hear the tides aren’t quite that big. Scary thought. We’ll hit that like button on your page, feel free to like ours too! There are many Aussie sailors floating around who will be happy to photos from home.
Hey Bob, after you make the coffee, can you check the anchor…I think we were dragging last night.
That GPS is really accurate. It took us right to that rock you set as a waypoint.
OK now, just for fun, let’s see if we can balance a couple big boulders on top of the radar unit.
Who said there is no boating in Bed Rock, Barney
Now this is taking extreme rock climbing to new heights.
“Don’t move love, please, don’t move”
So THAT’s what they mean by “on the hard!”
The anchor must be really well set! We haven’t moved an inch in hours!
MORE SCOPE!!!
Cave-man Marina; “just park it over there, we’ll get that bottom painted in no time”.
We are going to need bigger fenders
Our trip had a rocky start but got better after high tide.
On top of old rocky.
It’s OK, the depth sounder says 10 feet.
That shark was so big even the boat jumped out of the water.
Rock. On.
Not just another David Lee Roth riff.
:+: keep an eye out for rocks just below the surface.
This new Rockna anchor is really holding.
Hope the anchor holds!
Why yes dear, you’re right, I can see much further from here!
I want to fish from my boat, but I don’t want it to get wet….
I think we got the last parking spot.
Prepare to raise the anchor!