A few days before our odyssey at Garden Island Creek was to end, a (not entirely unexpected) message from M said that he needed a few more days to complete the floors in Bella Luna – as the job had originally taken him a month back at the boatyard, he was still making good time. “I’ll take […]
Author: beth
The Comforts of (not being) Home…
Above the shifting eucalyptus there is boundless blue. I peg the washing out. Clothes and tea towels are clean. Clean. The kind of clean only achieved by a two hour front loader wash cycle. Clothes are generally washed in suspect coin laundries – maximum cycle time: 34 minutes, if you’re lucky. The alternative is submersion […]
End of year blast and a hello to 2019!
[A LONG POST, BUT A GOOD ONE…] Hobart Book Shop My excellent Me-Time. Street art near Fullers Bookshop We have been having a great time hanging around in Hobart for the past week or two. Small Brother came over a bit before Christmas and flew me over to Melbourne where we had a celebratory and […]
Maria Island Redux
We left Bryan’s Corner for Maria Island at some bizarre hour of the morning – M was convinced that every boat and their dog would be whizzing toward one of the three moorings near the ferry dock. Thus, we arrived at around 7am – I sent M to bed for a nap, and he didn’t […]
Passage Beach
The journey from St Helens to Passage Beach went from one end of the scale to another. We set off in zero wind and had to motor for quite a while, which is always sucky… However, we got sent off by a pod of beautiful dolphins that had a baby with them – it was […]
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Binalong Bay & St Helens
We only spent one night on Cape Barren Island – the wind was due to change and we wanted to get over to Binalong Bay. Just before we got there I realised (via google) that there were five moorings there – huzzah! The only other boat in residence was a trimaran that had arrived the […]
Jervis Bay NSW to Jamiesons Bay – Cape Barren Island, Tasmania
Up until the time we left Jervis Bay we remained undecided about where we would be heading to. Our eyes continue to be focussed on Tasmania for summer, but man – it’s a loooong way away. The night before we left M and I had a Council of War – we decided that we would […]
Manly to Blackwattle Bay
Our first and primary focus on our arrival in Manly was the deadness of our generator. Oh the woe. I think I mentioned it got washed over in a wave on the way to Lord Howe Island, and never recovered. Well, the engine still runs very well, but it NO LONGER MAKES ANY POWER. Which […]
Lord Howe Island to Manly
We took our leave of my new favourite place before 6am on 17 November 2018. Conditions were clear and calm. I photographed everything as we departed our mooring on North Passage. The light was ethereal. There was no wind. The sky was clear. The swell was low and M was able to hold the mooring […]
Cleo the Cow. Local colour.
We felt very virtuous after our pre-breakfast explorations of the Herring Pools. Later in the afternoon Small DB, M and I anchored Foamy just off the beach near the museum, and wandered together up a track that lead from near the bottle shop up through the bush until we reached a road that we had […]