Cyndi and Rich aboard Legacy
March 18, 2015
The kookaburras were at it last night and this morning. We could hear them well from our mooring in the bay at Coasters Retreat (Pittwater, NSW, Australia – about 20 miles north of Sydney). Turn up the volume on the video below…
This is who’s responsible for all the noise (well, maybe not this exact one, but one of his kinfolk!).
Kookaburras are largest of the kingfisher family. Does this sound like we’re in the heart of the deepest, darkest jungle, or what?! -Rich
March, 2015 at Soldiers Point Marina
Not only because they brought us margaritas in the evening…
Or just because they brought coffee to our boat in the morning…
Or because their courtesy car was a Lexus SUV, or because the marina was like a sculpture garden, or just because they have three great restaurants, but for all these reasons as well…
It’s a bit pricey to stay there but so worth the money. It was kind of like a stay in a fine hotel. -Rich
March 6, 2015
This morning, as the moon sets, we find ourselves in Port Stephens, NSW.
Here’s how we got here…
The above is a fully-functional google map. Zoom, pan and play ’till your heart’s content.
We’ll hang out here in Port Stephens for a few days and when the wind goes north again, we’ll start south to Sydney Harbor (with stops at Newcastle and Pittwater).
March 5 2015
Dear new cruiser just about to set out,
Might I suggest you bring extra flags? They don’t last all that long, even the ones look well made. This is our second in three years and some might say we’re due for a new one.
(I really don’t understand this, but it seems that U.S. flags are kind of hard to find in Australia and New Zealand. What gives? Doesn’t everyone carry U.S. flags? Leaders of the free world and all 😉 )
And not extra of just your home country flag but extras for those countries where you might spend a couple of cyclone seasons or a lot of time. We’re on our second New Zealand and Fiji flags.
I’d really like plastic flags. Maybe just a piece of thin plastic with a nice, colored sticker of the flag on each side. When it fades, peel off the sticker or just paste a new one over the old. It might rattle less in a breeze, and would stay fully unfurled even with no wind. (Silly me, I’m sure there’s some curmudgeon-written flag-flying protocol that would label that as inappropriate.)
-Rich
