Meander's Log: Newcastle

Well, folks, this will be the last entry for a month. Tomorrow we head back to Geelong for a few weeks. The boat will stay here under the watchful eye of the Newcastle Marina manager until the last week of June, when we begin our meander northwards again!

Yesterday I drove a car for the first time in two months! We hired a car and headed off to the Hunter valley vineyards for the day. Good fun, but we fogot to take a camera! Apart from that we’ve spent a few days here getting to know Newcastle and (in Jo’s case) getting the shells collected in Eden finally framed and up on the wall.

So here are a few pictures to keep you going until we return. They are of the approaches to Newcastle, of us, and of the marina were the boat now resides.

Last night we both suddenly realised that Meander had in every way become our home – and that cursing, as Jo put it ‘is what we do’. We’ve been getting on wonderfully, and at no time have either of us expressed a desire to spend a night ashore! The boat is great, and this trip is proving to be a truly memorable experience…

So, until the next blog posting…

Love from us both!