Sunday turned out to be a perfect day for cruising, seas had flattened out again and with a 11 knot NW wind we were sailing along at 7 knots

 

Wind dropped in the late afternoon and had to break out the iron sail again. Around Cape Byron the current was 3 knots against us so we hugged the shore and then set a straight line for the Gold Coast. However the NE wind and swell was making it slow and uncomfortable so we headed close inshore and headed up the Queensland coast.