K'Gari. Voyage of adventure , to the horizon and beyond........: Palau Bawah- beautiful

Leaving Palau Akar in no wind , we then started to see a front building to the west.Four hours later the sky was leaden tending to black and which arrived with 30 knots and lashing rain as we neared Palau Arabu, which we decided we would not bother stopping at due to the thoroughly inclement weather which was now upon us , as we would have been on a lee shore.

On to Bawah Island. Made good time with the front until it swung a little more on the nose and we ended up beating the last couple of miles to Bawah, which also meant a later than originally intended eta.

The entrance is impossible to spot, but with some GPS co-ordinates supplied by the Howarths, it was easy to nail.

Too late really in the afternoon to be making an approach acros a reef, we would never have attempted it without the co-ordinates.

Once inside the lagoon, it was beautiful- stunning in fact, just like the picture postcards.

The lookout above the resort

Northern end of the island

Couldn't resist

Bawah is now a privately resort, the island and lagoon being leased from the government. It is beautiful created and eco green sustainability was very much in mind whenit was built, over a five year period, apparently using no heavy machinary.

The catch is of course , and there always is a catch, you can no longer anchor in the lagoon, and mooring buoys are provided......at a price tag to rival 5 star hotels. However, the time of day being as it was, the fact that there was no where else to go, meant we stayed.

The resort was happy for us to go ashore and dine, ( very reasonably priced, equivalent to Australian prices and fantastic) .

Next day we went ashore again for breakfast, and then a walk to the northeren end of the island and then found our way to the view we were looking for. Stunning! I think I have used that before , but it was beautiful.