"The look is ideal for a beach barbecue or surf-casting at Great Point."
I understand it was after a beach barbecue, when Mr Rowley accepted a midnight bet to swim across a bay and back.
Maybe they all got drunk at the beach barbecue first, and someone made up a story to prevent the skipper of the boat being prosecuted for negligence.
This being the height of Australia's summer, beach barbecues are ubiquitous.
Two dives at Tranquillity Island, snorkel gear, a wander around the turtle sanctuary and beach barbecue are included.
A beach barbecue is on the menu before a voyage around the Palm Group of islands.
There are reports that they even had a beach barbecue, and certainly there were fires burning down by the ocean throughout the night.
That night we attended the hotel's weekly beach barbecue.
Killashandra had been expecting another beach barbecue, with its pleasant informality.