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Chasing the sunshine

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  We enjoyed a lovely week in the Wide Bay Area, anchoring for a night each at Ungowan and Kingfisher Bay and two nights at Moon Point before we headed to the Great Sandy Straits marina at Hervey Bay. We made the most of Saturday and Sunday to stock up at the local supermarkets, filling our trolley and several bags with food. We also visited both fisheries for the best of local produce and had a meal and spent some money at the local boat club and arts cooperative. By Monday morning we were ready to continue north, slipping out of the marina just after 6am and cruising towards Burnett Heads. Conditions were perfect! We arrived at the mouth of the Burnett River in time for lunch and anchored just near the shipping lane, but the rolling motion of the swell put us off staying there for the night so we continued upriver after lunch and anchored near the molasses terminal. The weather forecast for the next few days was almost identical, with light winds inshore and stronger winds (and more
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New year, new adventures

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Farewell Salacia! 2024 started with the “new”: new apartment in a new state, new furniture and decorations, new friends and neighbours. We moved in to Salacia Waters at Paradise Point on 3rd January and we have been busy settling in ever since. We are loving our new life, with “Liberty” tied up in the marina and plenty of other boats to watch cruise by, and many stunning sunsets to enjoy from our balcony. A few visitors have enjoyed our hospitality and we look forward to many more in the future! But now, it’s all about cruising to find the sun…. We untied our ropes, stored the fenders and slipped out of our marina berth just after 8am on the 10th of May. We’d spent the previous week stocking up the pantry and fridge and filling the water tanks (we have enough fuel to take us to Mooloolaba, where we’ll take advantage of the cheap prices at the local fuel jetty). We cruised up the Broadwater, past Tipplers and Jumpin Bar, then turned west following the Canaipa Channel up past Russell Isl
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The roundabout way “home”

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  It’s been an “interesting” time in the last few months, with not everything going to plan but many opportunities coming our way. After leaving Liberty unexpectedly and in a hurry at the start of April  we have spent more time in Melbourne than we intended, done a lot more air miles than we would ever wish to, sold a house, bought an apartment and marina berth, welcomed a new baby granddaughter, farewelled a parent and tried to take everything in our stride… We returned to Hervey Bay and Liberty at the end of August, pleased to see she was ship shape and looking good. The lovely local seafood we had frozen just before our sudden departure was still good, and it was easy to restock the rest of the pantry while we had a car. There was some growth along the waterline and on the prop that was quickly removed with a fast trip through the water and little bit of spit and polish and a broom! We spent a couple of nights out at Moon Point, on the edge of K’gari, enjoying sunny days and a harve
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