Gunyah Beach, Hawksbury River

Yesterday morning we did a bit of tidying and pottering about the boat. We also discovered a school of what we think were baby Trevally, under Lucey Blue, so we opened one of the emergency hatches and fed them some bread...



After lunch we left Refuge Bay and motored across Cowan Creek and a little way up the Hawksbury River to Gunyah Beach, which we had all to ourselves...


We took our sand castle building equipment ashore, and started work...





Nick and Ryan took the dinghy out and did some drive-bys to create some artificial surf, to try and fill the castle pool and test the wall integrity ;-)...


Emily also did some beautiful sand drawings, this one of a reindeer was especially cool...


I was sad to leave our sand castle....who knows, she might still be standing! We motored back to good old America Bay where we spent a very peaceful night, no wind, no wash...just the sounds of cicadas and kookaburras in the surrounding trees.

Today is another overcast day...

(Lion Island in Broken Bay)

...and we have motored up, and anchored off Barrenjoey Head at the top of Pittwater (think Palm Beach, Home and Away), in about 1.5 metres of very clear, but cold, water. Nick went in to check the anchor...which we hope will hold in the sand and weed, as long as the wind is minimal...which it is, for now...


Might even be fish and chips for dinner, as we are close to shops...yeah! :-)

Sam.

PS. Nick just went ashore to get take away lunch from the Boat House at Palm Beach and for two fish and chip meals, two burger and chip meals, two 375 ml cokes and two 250 ml juices, it cost....SEVENTY ONE DOLLARS...OMG! Don't get me wrong....my meal was lovely, it had a lovely aioli with it, and even came with limes and watercress as decoration...but seriously...a take away lunch that requires a second mortgage? YIKES!!!!!