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 […]
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Pittwater and the steering committee
Boom! Belatedly we realised that our steering is busted. It amazes me that it took this long to discover… It must have happened incrementally over time. I was under the foggy impression that when the autopilot belt broke, M had done something to alter the steering – this had resulted in the wheel being super-stiff; […]
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 […]
Crowdy Head to Broughton Island to Barrenjoey Headland
We sailed out of the protection of the Crowdy Bay harbour at around 7am. Some big bloody waves whacked us before we got clear of the coast – one came down the hatch over my bed. Fun and games. GAAAAAAHHHHHHH. Here is a pre-cup of tea picture of me, steering; Pancakes for breakfast. The wind […]
Port Macquarie to Crowdy Head
We stayed in Port Macquarie for six days – shut in by the weather outside the bar. It was great! Port Macquarie is MUCH more interesting and accessible (by boat) than Coffs Harbour. Obviously, in order for it to appeal to me, the library has to be good. And lo… the library is GOOD. Big, […]
Coffs Harbour to Port Macquarie
Yeah. Coffs Harbour. I was less than enchanted last time we were there. Nothing’s changed. It was bloody hot. We walked to the top of Muttonbird Island, propelled by the whinging of the Smalls. Great views… The harbour area in general just lacked… verve. The coolest thing were all the kids jumping off the pier […]
Yamba to Coffs Harbour
If Yamba hadn’t been getting hotter and more mosquitoey, it would have been harder to leave than it was. We had a final morning of Bush School in Iluka on the 13th of February and said goodbye to our friends – all of whom we hope to see again sometime before May. That day the […]
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From five to fifty…
For at least the last two months, every Wednesday morning we go to the Yamba Farmer’s Market – held in the carpark between Witing and Turners beaches. Bella Luna is usually anchored off Whiting Beach – including a 30 second ride in Foamy we can get from the boat and be buying bunches of basil […]
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 […]