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 […]
Exploring
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 […]
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 […]