After a good nights sleep at a quiet anchorage, we were ready to go ashore and stretch our legs. It is still overcast, but otherwise the temperature is quite mild. Heavy rain overnight appears to have gone.
The first thing you always notice when in Laurieton, is the huge pelican population.
The fishing here still seems to be very good, and the pelicans just hang around waiting for the fishermen to come in and clean their catch.
There are not a lot of boats in the river at the moment, so there are no issues about being anchored too close.
Koonya anchored just near the RSL Club
We inflated our dinghy and provided transport ashore for everyone so we could have a walk around town, and across the bridge to Dunbogan. It was good to have a walk and we ended up having fish and chips for lunch at the fisherman's market. It is still one of the best on the coast.
The afternoon task was to get some more diesel, so we dropped the girls back on our boats, and Mark and I headed off the the local service station with 4 Jerry cans and my trolley. We both got 40 litres of additional fuel to top up our reserves.
The sun goes down quickly here as it disappears behind "North Brother", one of the 3 coastal peaks along this part of the coast.
The team headed off to the RSL (just inland from the wharf in the photo above) for dinner at just after 5 pm. We had a good RSL meal, and headed home in the dark with a planned departure for Trial bay tomorrow morning. Conditions are still pretty benign, but we hope for a chance to do a bit of sailing over the 50 nm trip, and then sail on to Coffs Harbour the following day. The marina at Coffs has had no vacancies for the last few days, and we have managed to book in for Thursday night.
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