Our first day here, anchored with 52 other boats in Bum’s Bay, was sunshiney and gorgeous. And then the past five days have brought an EPIC weather system that has included more rain than we have previously encountered, high winds (though we are well protected from them) and crazy seas. If I had organised a …
Poor Small Z has been struggling with the fact that Z-Mow is really gone. We hoped so much she would somehow magically reappear; rescued from a lost and found or discovered hiding out in an op-shop. I had (in retrospect) suggested I could make her another cat far too early in the piece. She had …
As soon as we left Strahan to head to Port Davey the other day, I began feeling vile. Not seasicky vile, the I-have-a-lurgy-that-renders-me-exhausted-without-appetite vile. Which was compounded by weather uncertainties and strong currents… We ended up anchored in Back Channel for several hours and then we went through Hells Gates to stay overnight in Pilot …
Every time I shower, I realise I should do it more often. But the logistics involve render it something to avoid. We could have just stood out in the buckets of freezing rain we had for a couple of days, but discomfort outweighed ease. The last two days have been soaked with sunshine – meaning …