We departed early to go to Fantome Island which is also part of the Palm Island group. There was a settlement established on the island for residents of Palm Island who needed to be separated from the rest of the population due to various diseases. It was later turned into a leprosarium as the Queensland Govt worked out they could house aboriginal lepers on the island far cheaper than keeping them in Brisbane. Unbelievably it was only closed down in 1973 and the foundations remain (they burnt all the buildings)
As the island has a fringing reef ( a reef that surrounds the island) you have to anchor quite a way off and go ashore at high tide. We arrived as the tide was going out so had to leave quite quickly before we were stranded on the island
After raising the anchor at Fantome Island sailed to Orpheus Island to anchor in Pioneer Bay.
