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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …