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Day 24 in Jervis Bay. We’ve had a few challenging days over the past week. And by that I mean we’ve had rain and we’ve had wind. Not just a little bit. A lot. A lot of rain and a lot of wind (and no it wasn’t Matt). Sometimes together, and sometimes separately. Either way,Continue reading “Wet and Windy….. in Jervis Bay”

We have been in Jervis Bay for two and a half weeks now. About two weeks ago, we did a twilight/night walk starting from Hole in the Wall where Cool Change was moored and around the Munyungawaraga Dhugan trail to Governor Head. The walk winds through some beautiful bushland filled with scribbly gums, and thenContinue reading “Starry Starry Night”

Well, we are still here in Jervis Bay …….. and with no plans of moving on at this stage unfortunately. How quickly things are changing at the moment; every day it seems there is a new update, and a new set of guidelines and restrictions. The recent call to stop all non-essential domestic travel, andContinue reading “Jervis Bay”

Matt’s birthday is Saturday 7th March – the day we planned our second attempt to leave Narooma. As I mentioned in the last blog post, on the Friday, when we were to leave originally, the conditions in the bar were too dangerous and so we postponed our departure. But on the morning of Matt’s birthdayContinue reading “Moruya River”

We left Bermagui on a calm day with almost no wind and so we motored the entire way to Narooma, taking about three and a half hours. Just as with the Lakes Entrance Bar, we had a specific time that we were aiming to cross the bar at Narooma; high water, on an incoming tide.Continue reading “Fishing Frenzy in Narooma”

We spent a delightful seven days in Bermagui, a beautiful little town, with plenty to see and do. With Cool Change berthed at The Fishermen’s Wharf, we had easy access to hot showers and laundry facilities, as well as leaving our bikes on the shore, so we had ‘wheels’ as well. Over the week weContinue reading “Beautiful Bermagui”

Yes, we made it, the passage from Lakes Entrance to Eden, more than 120 nautical miles, took us 25 hours and we tied up at Eden Jetty at 8.20 am on 13th February with a sense of satisfaction and a sigh of relief. One of the potentially more challenging parts of the trip was behindContinue reading “Port of Eden, NSW”

I arrived back at Lakes Entrance on Thursday night to find Matt with his feet up in the cockpit drinking a beer. Wonder how often that was the picture in the five days I was away?! Matt assured me he’d missed me terribly and we went to the Pub for dinner to celebrate my returnContinue reading “Paynesville, Gippsland Lakes”

Special guest contributor Matt (some embellishment for the sake of the story follows) Having arrived at Lakes Entrance and finding a nice four hour berth that would be our home for the next week, about 50 metres from the pub, it was time to undertake some general maintenance and running repairs on the boat. ToContinue reading “Lakes Entrance”

And what a welcome it was – completely flat and calm water, beautiful sunshine, a secure dock to tie up to and then a spectacular sunset. After our 15 hour passage, Lakes Entrance was a very welcome sight. But let me backtrack, and explain a bit about our journey. After leaving the Kent Group Islands,Continue reading “Welcome to Lakes Entrance”