Quartermoon

Date: 27 Jul 2011 11:27:00

Title: Port Stephens

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We arrived in Port Stephens after a quiet and calm start from Coffs Harbour and then a hard overnight slog into SW winds. We decided to pull into Port Stephens rather than battle against it to Newcastle. We are now anchored in Shoal Bay which is beautiful.

Today we tried to sail to Newcastle but it was so foul we decided to turn back for the first time ever. On the way back in we sailed past 2 whale watching boats floating around in the big swells. We were on a mission to get back into protected waters and must have sailed right over a pod of whales which we only saw afterwards off our stern.

It was worth it though.......

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Diary Entries

2011
- Jul 2011
  - Sun 31 Jul
    - Cammeray Marina - Qm's new home
  - Sat 30 Jul
    - Quartermoon arrives in Sydney - finally!!!!!!!!!!
  - Fri 29 Jul
    - Pittwater - The Basin
    - Newcastle
  - Wed 27 Jul
    - Port Stephens
  - Wed 20 Jul
    - QM crosses the border into NSW - Arrival in Coffs Harbour
- May 2011
  - Tue 24 May
    - Inland waterway passage to Gold Coast
  - Mon 23 May
    - Manly - RQYS
  - Sun 22 May
    - Tangalooma Wrecks - Moreton Island
  - Fri 20 May
    - Mooloolaba
  - Thu 19 May
    - Tin Can Bay & Wide Bay Bar
  - Wed 18 May
    - Great Sandy Strait - Fraser Island
    - position update
  - Sat 14 May
    - Lady Musgrave - GBR
  - Thu 12 May
    - Gav's Blog - Amps and H20 - Keppel Islands
  - Sun 08 May
    - Great Keppel
  - Sun 01 May
    - Arrival in Oz and life in Bundy
- Apr 2011
  - Wed 27 Apr
    - We made it...in Bundy!
  - Tue 26 Apr
    - Nearly at Bundy...
  - Mon 25 Apr
    - Coral Sea - Lightening,squalls and water pumps
  - Sun 24 Apr
    - Fiesty fishless seas
  - Thu 21 Apr
    - Getting ready to leave
  - Wed 20 Apr
    - Final days in New Caledonia
  - Sun 10 Apr
    - QM Sails again....
  - Sun 03 Apr
    - This week in the coral sea.....
  - Sat 02 Apr
    - What's new?
- Mar 2011
  - Sun 27 Mar
    - Light at the end of a 5 month tunnel......
  - Thu 24 Mar
    - Thoughts.....
  - Thu 17 Mar
    - Quartermast no more......
  - Thu 10 Mar
    - 2011 - Where to begin?....
2010
- Dec 2010
  - Thu 16 Dec
    - MERRY CHRISTMAS me Hearties....
  - Mon 13 Dec
    - QM's Christmas Cruise.....
- Nov 2010
  - Sat 27 Nov
    - Sammy's Birthday - Isle Of Pines
  - Tue 16 Nov
    - Making Progress
  - Sat 13 Nov
    - Our new home at Nouville Plaisance
  - Mon 01 Nov
    - 'Jimmy' adventures with Ghost
- Oct 2010
  - Wed 27 Oct
    - Visitors in Noumea, New Caledonia
  - Wed 20 Oct
    - Are we in Scotland? - New Caledonia Arrival
  - Mon 18 Oct
    - Slowly slowly.......
  - Sun 17 Oct
    - Aore Resort and Santo - Vanuatu
  - Sat 16 Oct
    - The SS President Coolidge
  - Fri 15 Oct
    - Oysters on Oyster Island
  - Thu 14 Oct
    - Efate, Epi, Emae and Emma!
  - Fri 08 Oct
    - Now in Santo Espiritu, Vanuatu
- Sep 2010
  - Tue 28 Sep
    - Northbound from Tanna to Port Vila, Efate
  - Sat 25 Sep
    - Tanna, Vanuatu
  - Wed 22 Sep
    - On our way to Tanna - Vanuatu
  - Sun 19 Sep
    - Natadola - R n' B in da' house
  - Wed 15 Sep
    - Western Islands of Fiji
  - Sun 05 Sep
    - Lousy Lautoka - Arrival of the Toad
  - Thu 02 Sep
    - Soggy Suva
- Aug 2010
  - Mon 30 Aug
    - Crossing West to East & Tonga
  - Sat 21 Aug
    - Still loving it in Tonga
  - Fri 13 Aug
    - No pictures from Tonga
  - Thu 05 Aug
    - Arrived at the island of Niue
  - Sun 01 Aug
    - Whales, UFO's, kicker's & Palmerston
- Jul 2010
  - Wed 28 Jul
    - An eventful day with the wildlife in the Pacific...
  - Tue 27 Jul
    - Back on the high seas...
  - Sun 25 Jul
    - Leaving Bora Bora for Palmerston.....
  - Wed 21 Jul
    - Bora Bora
  - Fri 16 Jul
    - Bastille Day - Island of Taha'a
  - Sat 10 Jul
    - Back in Tahiti
  - Thu 01 Jul
    - Moorea
- Jun 2010
  - Sun 27 Jun
    - Exploring Tahiti with Akio
  - Fri 25 Jun
    - Arrived Papeete, Tahiti
  - Thu 24 Jun
    - En route to Tahiti
  - Tue 22 Jun
    - South Pass - Fakarava
  - Mon 14 Jun
    - Tuamotus photos...
  - Sat 12 Jun
    - Fakarava, Tuamotu's
  - Fri 04 Jun
    - Kauehi, Tuamotu's
  - Thu 03 Jun
    - So much for champagne sailing........ tropical storm hits QM
- May 2010
  - Fri 28 May
    - Melon-headed Whales and vicious NoNo's....
  - Thu 20 May
    - Pics of some highlights so far....
  - Mon 17 May
    - Moochin about the Marquesas...
  - Tue 11 May
    - Fatu Hiva
  - Mon 10 May
    - LANDFALL!!!!
  - Wed 05 May
    - I can almost smell land....
- Apr 2010
  - Mon 26 Apr
    - WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
  - Wed 21 Apr
    - Only 2708 miles to go......
  - Mon 19 Apr
    - Galapagos Part Dos
  - Wed 14 Apr
    - Galapagos
  - Wed 07 Apr
    - Southern Hemisphere at last!
  - Tue 06 Apr
    - 5 Days in.......
- Mar 2010
  - Wed 31 Mar
    - Las Perlas Islands
  - Sat 27 Mar
    - Some more pics...
    - The Pacific - Finally :-)
  - Thu 18 Mar
    - Stuck in a Panamanian strike :-(
  - Tue 16 Mar
    - 17th March - New date for canal
  - Sat 13 Mar
    - 16th March - Canal Transit
    - Suzy & Mike, Mum & Dad come to visit.....
- Feb 2010
  - Wed 24 Feb
    - Exploring Cartagena
  - Wed 17 Feb
    - Cartagena - Colombia
- Jan 2010
  - Sun 31 Jan
    - Andy & Dorn (Mikes parents) come to visit....
  - Sat 23 Jan
    - Exploring Bocas Del Toro
  - Sun 17 Jan
    - More cruising in Panama to Bocas Del Toro
  - Tue 05 Jan
    - December - Cruising in Panama
2009
- Dec 2009
  - Tue 08 Dec
    - Shelter Bay Marina - Panama