Kayaking to Quail Island

A great little adventure to the old leper colony of Quail Island.






We rented boats off a guy called Bill at Lyttleton Kayaks. We only had them for about 3 hours but it was enough to do a quick lap of the island with a brief stop. It would have been nice to go for a longer walk on the island, but Kelly was catching a plane in the evening so there was a hard deadline.

On the way out we had a strong headwind, which had turned into a sidewind on the return leg. So the going was reasonably tough, considering our lack of Kayaking experience. Highlights of the trip were the boat wrecks and the extremely warm shallows on the south west side of the island. Its worth noting that at very low tide it might not be possible to kayak over the shallows.

Neil checking out a wreckNeil in a wreckHeading for the beachArriving on the islandThe beach we landed onThe main paths on the islandGrace landing back in Cass Bay

Statistics
Total distance: 8.02 km
Max elevation: 17 m
Min elevation: -5 m
Total climbing: 126 m
Total descent: -127 m
Moving Time: 01:36:03

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