Gabbie from New Zealand to Sydney
Around the world with the Aqualunies
Jonathan & Gabrielle Lyne
Thu 16 May 2013 00:42
I had the most wonderful time in Sydney staying with Maggie Crichton. The night before I left for Sydney the Grays had a reunion of old HK friends from the RHKYC and an amazing dinner produced by Debbie and chat going on to the early hours of the morning. The next day I headed to Sydney. We did a walk nearly every day then spent a long weekend up at Port Stephens which was divine. The sea was refreshing but still warm enough to wallow in and play with the breaking waves. We did some good walks up there as well or just chilled out at her gorgeous beach flat. Back in Sydney I organised a girls dinner which was a lot of fun, meeting up with Penny Hinings, Beverly Brocklehurst, Carol Robertson, Jenny Saunders and a new friend who is in Sydney for a couple of months to see her daughters and be there for the birth of her new Grandchild, Christine Cottell. Christine also did one of the walks with us which was fun. Back to the yacht after 12 days. A blog of this will be the next one to follow.  Charles and Sue looking over the Bay of Islands  Jonathan, Mike and Debbie Gray, Sam McBride and Martin Tasker  View from the Gray's house, Volcanic island in the distance  Watching the sunset at Port Stephens  View from Maggie's beach apartment in Port Stephens  View from Maggie's beach apartment in Port Stephens  About the giant lily see photo below  The hill we climbed up to get a beautiful all round view of the area  Giant Gymea Lily  View from Gan gan hill  View from Gan Gan Hill  Walking through the sanddunes  One of the many beaches  Tree in Maggie's Garden  One of Maggie's resident Water Dragons  Ferry from Watson's Bay across to the other side to do a good walk  Looking up the Harbour in Sydney  Christine Cottell  'Goodbye Sydney' |