South Coast (8th April)

Well we made it into Eden after Gybing our way across Bass Strait and dropped anchor in Boyd Town right in front of an old favourite - the Seahorse Inn.  Had a lovely peaceful night and had a great sleep and a bit of a sleep in as well as we didn't get on deck till about 8.30am which is very unlike us!

Green Cape Light

Naturally we went into the Seahorse in for a spot of lunch which is always rather nice and met up with Michael and Anne from Cellana who are heading north after spending 12 months in Tassie including the circumnavigation.... they are much braver than us as we consider Tassie a summer destination ONLY.


After a great couple of nights in Eden it is back on our way this time Bermagui which is a bit like an old friend as we spent 8 days there last year on our way south due to bad weather.  It is a great spot to stop and they are always very welcoming and have a couple of excellent coffee shops.  Unfortunately it was a pretty slow trip to Berma as we were fighting current against up to 2 knots at times and also had a bit of a NE wind spring up in the arvo which didn't help at all but we did manage to make it in before the sun went down.

Sea Horse Inn - Boyd Town

We managed to get a few chores done during the morning which included the laundry, a quick shop and also some little jobs around the boat.  In the arvo we headed into town as the place was full of motor bikes as they had all arrived for the CRAB festival (Cancer Research Advocate Bikers) which was bit of fun.

Peter @ Berma

We figured it was time to get a bit of a wriggle on so bright and early on Sunday morning we depart from Berma heading to Broulee Is. which is about a 35NM trip.  We decided this time to do a lot more rock hopping up the coast to stay out of the current which is working a treat and most of the time see only around 0.5knts against which is a lot nicer.  The weather up here is really nice at the moment which warm days and very light winds so it is motoring all the way but can't complain too much.

Broulee again provided a great nights anchorage.  We even managed to fire up the new BBQ for a steak dinner which seemed to work quite well although Mark thinks it still needs a bit of fine tuning!

We are on our way again this morning - up and out of Broulee by 5.15am as we are hoping to make it up to Jervis Bay today which is a biggish day at 55NM.  The plan is to spend a few days in Jervis and get in some nice walking before we start heading north again!

We just had to include the shot below as we see this every time we open our cutlery draw - a little present left behind from our Friday Night CREW!