Favorite anchorages, you ask?  The Tahitian islands are definite favorites, as are San Blas, Panama and the Maldives. But nowhere did we have an anchorage so full of giant clams, coral, fish and wonder as Lizard Island, Australia.  This is the island where Captain James Cook found the high point, dubbed "Cook's Look", of his first sail up the Great Barrier Reef.  From the top of the highest point on this island, we could see what he saw... an opening in this grand reef and a brilliant reminder that when you follow your dreams, opportunity continues to open and lead you.  In the protected bay of the anchorage, we dropped our hook in white sand between underwater ridges of coral literally covered with century old clams. Their irridescent lips entertained us for days as we snorkeled hour upon hour within a few strokes of the boat.  In the afternoons, a float plane landed with the day's few tourists, some mail or groceries for the researchers living on the island and in legendary Aussie style... for us. Having met the pilot while in Cooktown, we were amazed when he not only offered to fly us in supplies, but he even did the shopping!  Fresh veggies for our next leg around Cape York and on to Darwin delivered by a pilot who threw us a tennis ball with his plane's mooring line attached. We pulled him close enough alongside to step aboard with the box, then let out line so his plane hung behind us like our dinghy.  His pay?  A cup of tea and an hour of stories.  Our reward? A lifelong memory of the people on Lizard Island.