Thursday lunch time my daughter Rebecca and I flew into Sydney. As we were ferried out to Silver Lady, i could see that she was absolutely covered in red dust from the recent dust storms that had engulfed Sydney in the previous week. We weren't complaining as we had left Melbourne being 17 degrees arriving in Sydney being 31 degrees. Straight into the shorts and spent the next hour hosing down the boat with the deck wash.
We went back to the club and walked the 117 steps up to the roadway before getting hopelessly lost looking for the local shops. Later that night we cooked up fresh fish we had bought and watched the sun fade away complimented with greek salad and mineral water. Two kookaburras decided to sit on top of the mast and do their evening calls.
The following morning we got under the spit bridge and motored across to Rushcutters bay and stayed at the Cruising Yacht Club (CYC) The CYC is probably one of the most prestigious yacht clubs in Australia and in a great location. The club hosts the Sydney to Hobart yacht race and is now about 90% race boats. Still, great place to stay and close to sydney. Overnight rates $1.33 per foot.
was great just spending time with Bec. Its easy to get so busy in your own life that you forget to have fun with those close to you. we taxied into Sydney and went to the Markets at 'The Rocks', walked across to the Opera House and later went to Paddies Market in China Town. It poured rain for the next two days which revealed a couple of leaks into the cabin from the deck fittings.
We ate well, walked a lot and on Sunday morning we motored back to the mooring before making our way home. Its a great feeling having the boat in Sydney as i can 'day hop' the boat up the coast as I please. A floating apartment where i can change the scenery whenever Im sick of it. The advantage of an apartment though is that you dont have to constantly work on things to keep it looking nice!
