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 […]
Family / Friends
Visits from family and friends. As well as new friends we make along the way. This is YOUR category. ?
January 2018
As is usually the case, January felt like a race. We begsn with New Year’s Eve, continued with one lot of visitors, then Small Z’s birthday, another lot of visitors crossing over with the first – all intermingled with Bloody Hot Weather… So really, it was a conglomeration of family, swimming, sunshine, family, exploring, surfing, […]
Visitations from relations… Zoe turns ten.
The Mothership and T returned to Bella Luna for a repeat performance in early January. I think they were slightly disappointed there was no sailing involved in their boat-stay, but the weather was a bit dodgy and we are kind of stuck between the Yamba bar and the Harwood Bridge. An hour before their arrival […]
A Happy Yamba New Year!!
We spent New Year’s Eve in Yamba, anchored in Yamba Bay opposite the carnival with our favourite Yamba a people aboard – Belinda, Mariko, Stefan – and their combined offspring. The fireworks kicked off just after 9:30pm and we were all enthralled… …except for Small DB who stayed inside to comfort Honey the BoatCat. It […]
Merry Iluka Clarence River Christmas!
Christmas Eve of 2017 was spent – as I had hoped – at Moriartys in Iluka. My favourite spot in this whole area – where the sand of the beach drops away at the shore into a deep swirl. There were other boats pulled up further down the beach, and GonYonda were close by. The […]
Brunswick Heads to Maclean via Yamba, a snake and Iluka
The day we left Brunswick Heads was like a reward for the many days we had waited until conditions were just right for our departure. The bar was incredibly benign and there was hardly any wind. We were particularly excited because we had an extra crew member on board – our nine-year-old friend Marco – […]
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 […]
Gold Coast to… Brunswick Heads.
There was not a lot of sorrow entangled in leaving the Gold Coast. It’s a fun place to stop, and we were thankful for a protected place to anchor – but the helicopters flying overhead every half an hour were starting to do my head in. As I’ve written before – the foreshore is full […]
Heading south. We have no plans…
Three days were spent in Hervey Bay, catching up with M’s lovely family and giving all the Smalls a chance to play together again. I collected a Large Amount of stuff from the post office, including THREE PAIRS OF SHOES… A pair for M who lost his last pair in Port Davey A pair for […]
Yeppoon – Cape Capricorn – Lady Musgrave – 1770 – Bundaberg: the Mothership and T sign on for a week at sea.
After returning from flitting around the globe, the Mothership and T were keen to go and stay with friends of theirs who have a holiday house in Bargara (hi Kaye!)- right near Bundaberg. The Mothership had nana-yearning to see Small DB for her seventh birthday… By the time we were on Middle Percy Island M […]