A long day. A good day. A day of perfect weather. A day that thwacked me repeatedly to remind me that gluten is everywhere no matter how you endeavour to avoid it. I hired a car! It was manual, because automatics cost more. I drove on the other side of the road – for the […]
Exploring
Dog for a day. Nga Peak.
A couple of days ago, after lengthy cogitations about how we would traverse the 6km to the Saturday morning market, but at the same time try to climb the highest point on the Isle of Pines before midday to avoid the heat, I decided to forego the market and head straight to the mountain. Our […]
Pittwater Guests
On the second last day of February I recieved a text message from one half of some of our BEST FRIENDS EVER. He asked how long we planned to be in Sydney, and were we sailing any further south. I said ‘about four weeks or so’ and ‘no’. By the end of that day we […]
Investigating Pittwater
I write this a little belatedly, but I want to document our first bit of time spent in Pittwater (not counting our very brief visit last time. For anyone visiting on a boat, save yourself the trouble of looking for a public/courtesy mooring. There are none. It is well known that you can borrow moorings […]
Brunswick Heads Revisited
Although we hoped to be in the Clarence River by now, we are not. We remain in Brunswick Heads – and OH MY GOD – it’s hardly a chore! We love it here!! As I type this, M has taken the Smalls to a Hogwarts School Fete at Coorabell Primary, where our friend Marco is […]
West End Markets & Brisbane Open House
The past weekend was a blast, albeit a rather tiring blast. At West End Markets (where we travel to by dinghy) we scored fruit and veg bargains… Bananas – $1 a kilo Pineapples – $1 each Avocados – 3 for $6 Vine tomatoes – $3 a kilo Green beans – $1 a kilo Plus GF […]
Brisvegas
Unintentionally we arrived in the school holidays, meaning there were library activities aplenty… but there was also the scourge of the homeschooler – Other Kids Everywhere. We like the other kids, we do – but in horde proportions? Only just tolerable. Yesterday, however, Queensland children Went Back To School. We…went to the State Library, the […]
Port Clinton to North Keppel Island
After spending two nights in Port Clinton (which I belatedly realised was not an island, but a part of the mainland), we sailed to North Keppel Island. A lovely spot with a little creek perfect for high tide paddling in the kayak… THE WHAT??! The KAYAK. It was gifted to us two days ago by […]
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Middle Percy Island. Again…
It is a delectable feeling to be back in a place you know and love. None of the trepidation that comes with a new anchorage, a comfortable knowledge of what to expect once you go ashore. After the previous few days, it was a very soothing prospect. Our first morning we motored Foamy into the […]
Brampton Island
We left Goldsmith Island, aiming for Scawfell Island, but the wind dropped out and we diverted to Brampton Island instead. We needed somewhere to hide from a large south easterly wind for a few days – I was glad that the wind had decided the destination for us, because M and I could not. I […]