Gilligans Log Friday 23-May-2003 Day 7 - Happy Bay > South Molle Night 5 - South Molle. Minnow I left early to South Molle while some of Minnow II went ashore again at Happy Bay to pay the ferryman (he got us to the other side) and swan about the gift shop. Minnow II got underway with the usual song: Fair well and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies Fair well and adieu to you ladies of Spain For we've received orders to sail back to Boston And so never more shall we see you again Captain Quint - Jaws. Or Pat Garrett - who can tell the difference? South Molle: Some intrepid explorers ventured ashore, and trekked through the tropical island tracks. Shena had a close encounter of the slithering kind. A green snake 15 feet long, err, inches, caused her to levitate backwards along the trail she was meandering along. The fact it had reared up in strike position probably didn't help. "I haven't seen one that long before" she said. None of us thought she was talking about the snake. MSB - Sal claims it's scientifically proven. By now, Ben would make a suitable sample for experimentation, or not. Who can tell? Andy on XXXX beer. "I'm not drinking that shit!!" Little did he know, Ben was putting Squires Pilsner labels on the XXXX and Andy was putting them away at a great rate. The wine and beer stocks were still too high so in order to dwindle the supply, Happy was hour declared early, at 3:05, by Sal, Chelsea and Ben. The boys were mooning them by 5:05. In an effort to further develop the tan Roofi was lounging around in his jocks. These were declared by the girls to be more like nappies than underpants. Alan mounted yet another covert mission and stealthily squirted the nappy clad Roofi up the nose by sneaking open a deck hatch. He then slept with his M16 Super Soaker - fearing retribution. Ben nearly got killed in friendly fire when he burst into Al's room at 6am the next day. Sal tried to get permission to board Minnow II without company, Shena wisely refused, as Sal had already proved untrustworthy. The South Molle bay was very quiet, with surrounding hills providing a natural amphitheatre to echo loud noises. It wasn't long before people were looking around for the resounding boom that was coming from the remaining WoMD launching salvos at Minnow I. Other yachts also started joining in our patented pirate yell of HAAAAAAAARG! One yacht, "Lady Al", with a skipper/owner named PeeWee, took us to heart. He danced up a storm in the nightclub and tried to pick up Suz. The band was much better tonight and could complete a whole song. They even did requests. They only faltered when they tried to get some local girl to sing. She was crap. Not nearly as good as own our own "Must hang Sally", who did the backing vocals on Mustang Sally with great aplomb (but is, unfortunately, tone deaf). Awards Night: Sal - Secretary of Minnow I Award (Ben) Ben - Botched Commando Award (Chelsea) Chelsea - Gutsy Walker Award(Alison) [12km in a thong, err, thongs] Thomas - Dove Chocolate Cold Turkey for 4 Days Award (Alan) Alan - Commando Award (Thomas) Roofi - "Let me entertain you" Award (Brocky) Brocky - NRL Rugby League Tackle of the Year Award (Roofi) Shena - Best Skipper Award (Andy) Alison - Boom Dancer Award (Tennille) Kirsten - Official Photographer Award (Shena) Suz - One Before 12 Award (Pat) Tennille - I Can Dance and Sit Down at the Same Time Award (Sally) Pat - Jaws Award (Suz) Andy - Awarded a Poem (Kirsten) We once had a coach named chiefy Who came with us to the Whitsunday reefy He was the first one to spew And many cuddles for the crew And did he sleep, or was that snore so briefly...snore, snore, snore, me, me, me, me, me At some point in the evening, Alison insisted Brocky return her to Minnow I - NOW! Unfortunately the constant beating Ben gave the Minnow I dingy was taking it's toll and it broke down - again. Brocky and Alison had to row about a km to the boat. Brocky came back to the nightclub smelling like a petrol station. Thomas and Chelsea also did a runner, apparently one of them was sick, but their stories are getting inconsistent. Andy took Tennille back and also ran out of petrol. This is all sounding VERY suspicious by now. Those heroes remaining 'till stumps were: Suz Shena Sal (but had disappeared for several hours earlier) Ben (see above) Andy Roofi Brocky Pat Roofi, Pat, Brocky, Suz, Shena all spent some time on the boom net. Roofi, Shena, Suz and Pat pulled another all nighter. The Dynamic Dunderheads, err Duo, Ben and Sal continued to create their own fun. Ben sliced his foot open as he pushed the dinghy off the sand. Nurse Sally (now there's an image) doused undiluted Dettol on the wound and then told Ben to stop screaming like a girl while she administered her own brand of medicine. Dinner: Minnow I - Slightly less crappy smorgasbord Minnow II - Slightly less crappy smorgasbord Hardly anyone paid anyway, so what the hell. Not only that, we brought two dinghies full of booze and spent the night shuttling backwards and forwards to the dinghy, rather than paying the exorbitant bar prices. Ben's night vision wasn't too good though, so we ended up with the white in the red bottle and vice versa. In other news, Alison rang Steve - again. Stop Press: Brocky is a dancing dynamo!!