Quartermoon - Port Stephens

Port Stephens

Quartermoon

Mike Share & Sammy Byron

Wed 27 Jul 2011 10:27

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.......

Blog Entries

2011

Jul 2011

Sun 31 Jul 07:52
- Cammeray Marina - Qm's new home
Sat 30 Jul 07:44
- Quartermoon arrives in Sydney - finally!!!!!!!!!!
Fri 29 Jul 22:56
- Pittwater - The Basin
- Newcastle
Wed 27 Jul 10:27
- Port Stephens
Wed 20 Jul 10:15
- QM crosses the border into NSW - Arrival in Coffs Harbour

May 2011

Tue 24 May 09:33
- Inland waterway passage to Gold Coast
Mon 23 May 09:48
- Manly - RQYS
Sun 22 May 09:29
- Tangalooma Wrecks - Moreton Island
Fri 20 May 09:22
- Mooloolaba
Thu 19 May 09:15
- Tin Can Bay & Wide Bay Bar
Wed 18 May 14:29
- Great Sandy Strait - Fraser Island
- position update
Sat 14 May 14:21
- Lady Musgrave - GBR
Thu 12 May 10:33
- Gav's Blog - Amps and H20 - Keppel Islands
Sat 7 May 23:13
- Great Keppel
Sun 1 May 20:23
- Arrival in Oz and life in Bundy

Apr 2011

Wed 27 Apr 08:13
- We made it...in Bundy!
Tue 26 Apr 22:30
- Nearly at Bundy...
Mon 25 Apr 07:47
- Coral Sea - Lightening,squalls and water pumps
Sun 24 Apr 07:41
- Fiesty fishless seas
Thu 21 Apr 01:22
- Getting ready to leave
Wed 20 Apr 07:40
- Final days in New Caledonia
Sun 10 Apr 03:39
- QM Sails again....
Sun 3 Apr 07:44
- This week in the coral sea.....
Sat 2 Apr 04:53
- What's new?

Mar 2011

Sun 27 Mar 03:47
- Light at the end of a 5 month tunnel......
Thu 24 Mar 11:43
- Thoughts.....
Thu 17 Mar 05:35
- Quartermast no more......
Thu 10 Mar 01:32
- 2011 - Where to begin?....

2010

Dec 2010

Thu 16 Dec 20:53
- MERRY CHRISTMAS me Hearties....
Mon 13 Dec 06:36
- QM's Christmas Cruise.....

Nov 2010

Sat 27 Nov 12:38
- Sammy's Birthday - Isle Of Pines
Tue 16 Nov 23:44
- Making Progress
Sat 13 Nov 22:21
- Our new home at Nouville Plaisance
Mon 1 Nov 12:00
- 'Jimmy' adventures with Ghost

Oct 2010

Wed 27 Oct 06:10
- Visitors in Noumea, New Caledonia
Wed 20 Oct 03:01
- Are we in Scotland? - New Caledonia Arrival
Mon 18 Oct 02:48
- Slowly slowly.......
Sun 17 Oct 02:33
- Aore Resort and Santo - Vanuatu
Sat 16 Oct 02:44
- The SS President Coolidge
Fri 15 Oct 01:04
- Oysters on Oyster Island
Thu 14 Oct 04:52
- Efate, Epi, Emae and Emma!
Fri 8 Oct 07:12
- Now in Santo Espiritu, Vanuatu

Sep 2010

Tue 28 Sep 22:33
- Northbound from Tanna to Port Vila, Efate
Sat 25 Sep 22:10
- Tanna, Vanuatu
Tue 21 Sep 23:34
- On our way to Tanna - Vanuatu
Sat 18 Sep 23:06
- Natadola - R n' B in da' house
Tue 14 Sep 23:00
- Western Islands of Fiji
Sat 4 Sep 23:01
- Lousy Lautoka - Arrival of the Toad
Thu 2 Sep 20:49
- Soggy Suva

Aug 2010

Sun 29 Aug 23:08
- Crossing West to East & Tonga
Fri 20 Aug 23:05
- Still loving it in Tonga
Fri 13 Aug 05:10
- No pictures from Tonga
Thu 5 Aug 11:00
- Arrived at the island of Niue

Jul 2010

Sat 31 Jul 23:56
- Whales, UFO's, kicker's & Palmerston
Wed 28 Jul 22:56
- An eventful day with the wildlife in the Pacific...
Tue 27 Jul 17:36
- Back on the high seas...
Sun 25 Jul 22:19
- Leaving Bora Bora for Palmerston.....
Wed 21 Jul 04:27
- Bora Bora
Fri 16 Jul 05:59
- Bastille Day - Island of Taha'a
Sat 10 Jul 06:10
- Back in Tahiti
Thu 1 Jul 08:30
- Moorea

Jun 2010

Sun 27 Jun 11:00
- Exploring Tahiti with Akio
Fri 25 Jun 13:00
- Arrived Papeete, Tahiti
Thu 24 Jun 19:19
- En route to Tahiti
Tue 22 Jun 00:39
- South Pass - Fakarava
Mon 14 Jun 11:00
- Tuamotus photos...
Sat 12 Jun 02:41
- Fakarava, Tuamotu's
Fri 4 Jun 03:52
- Kauehi, Tuamotu's
Thu 3 Jun 21:14
- So much for champagne sailing........ tropical storm hits QM

May 2010

Fri 28 May 17:45
- Melon-headed Whales and vicious NoNo's....
Thu 20 May 16:03
- Pics of some highlights so far....
Mon 17 May 19:56
- Moochin about the Marquesas...
Tue 11 May 19:38
- Fatu Hiva
Mon 10 May 05:09
- LANDFALL!!!!
Wed 5 May 01:17
- I can almost smell land....

Apr 2010

Mon 26 Apr 19:24
- WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Wed 21 Apr 22:48
- Only 2708 miles to go......
Mon 19 Apr 15:19
- Galapagos Part Dos
Wed 14 Apr 18:59
- Galapagos
Wed 7 Apr 17:28
- Southern Hemisphere at last!
Mon 5 Apr 23:56
- 5 Days in.......

Mar 2010

Wed 31 Mar 19:09
- Las Perlas Islands
Sat 27 Mar 20:02
- Some more pics...
- The Pacific - Finally :-)
Thu 18 Mar 14:51
- Stuck in a Panamanian strike :-(
Tue 16 Mar 20:15
- 17th March - New date for canal
Sat 13 Mar 13:43
- 16th March - Canal Transit
- Suzy & Mike, Mum & Dad come to visit.....

Feb 2010

Wed 24 Feb 20:22
- Exploring Cartagena
Wed 17 Feb 16:14
- Cartagena - Colombia

Jan 2010

Sun 31 Jan 16:11
- Andy & Dorn (Mikes parents) come to visit....
Sat 23 Jan 16:30
- Exploring Bocas Del Toro
Sun 17 Jan 17:40
- More cruising in Panama to Bocas Del Toro
Tue 5 Jan 01:09
- December - Cruising in Panama

2009

Dec 2009

Tue 8 Dec 02:33
- Shelter Bay Marina - Panama

Port Stephens

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