Wild Flower at Mooloolaba

The weather forcast showed a following wind of up to 20 knots on Sunday and 30 knots Monday, so we decided to get going north again sooner rather than later.
Brett saw us off from Southport at 2330 on Saturday night. His journey north with us was of great value and we will miss his enthusiasm and  good company.
We motored out over the seaway bar and unfurled the headsail, 6 knots of boat speed was enough with this configuration for the rest of the night. Dan did first watch for 3 hours, enjoying the occasional surf on the 2 metre swell. I took over before dawn and conned the boat around Boat Rock then Cape Morton for a nice sunrise. Turning here to our final waypoint, Point Cartright, had us broad reaching with a wind wave from the south out of Morton Bay and the SE swell. We put up a 2 reefed mainsail and did some more surfing.
The dolphins had a play in the bow waves as we sailed over the pilot boarding spot. We had a ship out of Brisbane and the pilot boat rushing towards the rendezvous spot now behind us.
We are now anchored in the Mooloola river just upstream of Mooloolaba where will sit out the 30 knot winds now blowing.