The rest of the time Small DB and I spent in Melbourne was staying at the home of the Mothership and T. It felt crazy that we hadn’t been in their house for THREE YEARS! What the? Small DB was very happy to be there – remembered all the things she liked to do – […]
Exploring
The wind is only PART of the weather forecast
M was very keen to head to Lady Musgrave. There will be no ‘but’ in this sentence – suffice to say, when he checks out what the weather is going to be doing, he looks at the wind and the swell, not the sun and predicted precipitation. Our second day at Lady Musgrave Island was […]
Daysail to Lady Musgrave Island
After four or five days drying out with every low tide in Wathumba Creek in deference to the crappy weather, I was more than ready to leave. Our batteries were the worst they’ve ever been – they are supposed to always be around 12.40 – and because of minimal sun and our fixed position, I […]
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Ballina, a bit of free range chook and a Byron stopover.
Time in Ballina was not planned, but the wind was due to die out and we didn’t want to be stuck motoring our way to somewhere safe to pull in – which basically would have been the Tweed River. The timing was right for the Richmond River bar, although it did look a little bit […]