The white sand and transparent water of Wineglass Bay were somehow far more beautiful than I remembered. The first thing I did was jump into the water – my last Tasmanian swim for quite some time. We were anchored alongside GonYonda and our combined Smalls rowed themselves to the beach each day and spent hours …
The last week or so has been a little tricky. The weather is getting progressively hotter and more humid – I nurse an element of dread about sailing north of Santo. Our last anchorage on Ambrym was the goods – one of my favourites so far. It almost obliterated the very recent experience of HOT …
Travel makes me fickle. On arrival in Tanna I was fairly certain I could dump everything and live there for a year in my own hut, tending my own garden, beachcombing and cadging an occasional ride into Lenakel. However, after being knocked out by food poisoning for three days, and then having seriously contemplating leaving …
Since leaving Maclean about ten days ago, we have been hanging in Yamba, but have been across to Iluka twice so the Smalls can go to Bush School. We were lucky enough to also attend a couple of homeschooler get-togethers in Grafton while we had the use of a car. This led to a connection …
What follows is a round-up of our last six days on the Huon River. The problem with getting comfortable somewhere is that there are always things to do and people to hang out with…and documenting non-sailing days gets pushed to the back of the drawer! The weekend of the 25th of February gave us some …