We took our leave of my new favourite place before 6am on 17 November 2018. Conditions were clear and calm. I photographed everything as we departed our mooring on North Passage. The light was ethereal. There was no wind. The sky was clear. The swell was low and M was able to hold the mooring […]
Lord Howe Island
Cleo the Cow. Local colour.
We felt very virtuous after our pre-breakfast explorations of the Herring Pools. Later in the afternoon Small DB, M and I anchored Foamy just off the beach near the museum, and wandered together up a track that lead from near the bottle shop up through the bush until we reached a road that we had […]
Muttonbird Point. Malabar. Salmon Beach. Herring Pools. A lot of walking.
We met with our new friends from SV Illawarra on the jetty one morning and all rode our bikes down along the coast, parallel to the airport and then walked over a stile through a cow paddock and began following a trail through the forest and scrub. By the time we reached Muttonbird Point, we […]
Lord Howe Island : First week
I am very happy here. There are many birds. There are friendly people, but not too many friendly people. There are more bicycles than cars. As I write this I am looking at all the Sooty Terns settling in for the night on the point amongst a mixture of moss, grasses and scrubby looking teatree. […]
Southport to Lord Howe Island
My eye has been on Lord Howe Island as a destination for many many years. My former boss at my university job had regaled me with the story of his horror sail to the island, and I’ve read several others. I remained undeterred. Sailing was pretty much the only option – it’s so bloody expensive […]