Wilderness Island Day 7

Woke up in the morning to the sound of rain spattering on the roof. Looks like the rain didn't stop at all since last night. Packed up all my gear into my suitcase and brought it to the House. Used a large trash bag to wrap the suitcase as well as my camera bag as I'm expecting it to be a rough ride back to Exmouth! Since it was already raining and we were already wet, there was no point in wearing any raincoats.

Once everything was loaded onto the ATV, we began walking to the boat mooring. At the boat mooring, we began loading the kayaks onto the boat. Somehow, we managed to load 4 Pro Anglers on Jim's boat, and 6 kayaks (2 Revo13, 1 Outback, 3 PA's) on Steve's boat. Good thing was that most of the food and beer was gone! With everything secured, we pulled out of the boat mooring and began making our way back to Exmouth.

The rain became heavier during the loading and I opted to go in Steve's boat. We had the wind behind us but we were still getting wet from the rain, nonetheless! The journey took about 90mins because once we got away from the shelter of the Island, the swells just became bigger and winds stronger. It was a wet, bumpy ride back!

Once we got into Exmouth marina, the boats were put on a trailer and brought back to the yard. We began unloading the kayaks and all the fishing gears. The kayaks were then loaded either back on top of 4WD or trailers of the respective anglers.

We then proceeded for lunch before checking in into the Novotel Ningaloo Resort again. Bunked in with Joel again and had a nice, long, hot freshwater shower! Aaaaahhhhh.............that feels so gooood!!!!!

After the shower, I began cleaning up all my fishing gear. Washed off all the fishing rods and reels with freshwater, Rinsed all the lures, jigs, fish grips and tackle boxes. Good thing the hotel has a washer & dryer so in went all my stinky clothes for the last week.

There was going to be a dinner tonight, courtesy of Western Angler at the restaurant at Novotel. We had a good dinner as well as exchanging contacts for the new friends made on the trip. Scott also gave out some gifts as awards for each angler. I ended up with a brand new Shimano Stradic FJ 2500 reel and a Halco lure! Awesome!!

After dinner, we said our goodbyes as most of the guys would be setting off at 4am for the drive back to Perth. Joel was setting off later so he offered to drop me off at the Learmonth airport on his way back to Perth.