Port Stephens Here We Come!

4 01 2013

Friday November 16th 2012
Tomorrow morning we plan to head off to Port Stephens for about a week and then back down the coast to Lake Macquarie for a week. We’ll be traveling with another boat named “Just Chill’n” skippered by friends of ours, John and Sue. The weather is looking good for the trip, the prediction is for light winds with seas less than a metre. We’ve just fuelled up at Newport and we’re now heading to the Basin for a good nights sleep.

Saturday 17th November
Left Broken Bay at 7.30, the day is so gloomy (overcast and drizzling rain) but the sea is pretty flat, just under a meter so the ride is quite comfortable. We’ve been traveling for about an hour and it’s been uneventful, though Garry reckons he saw a shark but I think it was BS 😃 he doesn’t like me ignoring him, “playing” (as he puts it) with the iPad.

9.30 now and the sky is looking a little clearer. We just went by Norah Heads where we came across a huge pod of dolphins (most I’ve ever seen in 1 pod), all leaping across our bow, very exciting 😊! They were followed by a couple of whales, just ambling along, unfortunately I couldn’t get to my camera quick enough.

1.15pm. We’re just going through the heads at Port Stephens. The last 1/4 of the trip (from Stockland beach onwards) was a real bitch! I was tossed of my seat at one point (Garry reckons he’ll have to Velcro me to the chair in future), swell came up and just made it a bit uncomfortable, but we’re here now.

4.30pm. Nearly wine o’clock! We’re berthed at Peppers Marina in a great spot with the best view (we always seem to luck out with good berths!), now if it would only stop raining 😒!