We bade Launceston a sorrowful goodbye… Goodbye to it’s wool shops, thylacine statues, free buses… the lovely Chris from Lady Launceston who let us use the Sea Scout’s pontoon. We moved over the main jetty just to fill up our water and then we were away, heading back down the brown river toward the sea. […]
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A great Deal.
The lighthouse caretakers on Deal Island, David and Di, haven’t seen a boat in five weeks, then one came past yesterday, and today we turned up. Ford St Clair, Small Z and I walked up the track to their accommodation, spending a comfortable amount of time at the Telstra Chair – placed off the track […]
The Kent Group – the best bit of Bass Strait
We encountered almost every form of weather while we were in the Kent Group of islands. After strong icy winds through our first three days on Erith Island conditions calmed down (in comparison) – once ashore and out of the wind, it was t-shirt weather. On Monday 28 October 2019, M, Small DB and I […]
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Bermagui, Tathra and Kianinny Bay
The Bermagui Wharf is excellent. The people of Bermagui, by and large, are also excellent. It is quite possible I would be happy to spend a month or two tied up to the jetty – however, space is at a premium because of ongoing construction work, so it’s probably not an option. We frequented the […]
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Blackwattle Bay, Jervis Bay, Batemans Bay, then Bermagui.
I just did something I’ve only previously done on one occasion. The first was in Taree many years ago –> I wore my ugg-boots down the street. In public. The second occasion was this morning – I went down the pier, paid $4 for a shower that was excellent but gives no warning when the […]
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Stuck.
We’ve been in Coffs Harbour for over ten days, anchored out on the south side of the jetty because we’re too cheap to pay $380 a week at the marina. We literally can’t leave – despite having plane tickets to fly out of Sydney on September 14th. Why? The wind. It insists on blowing from […]