We awoke to a nice sunny day at Laurieton, and noticed a 3rd boat, "Escape" had joined us at the anchorage, it must have come in after us last night. There is plenty of activity on the river as the oyster boats and weekend fishermen are out in force.
Rhiannon anchored near us at Camden Haven
I was out on the deck tidying up some lines when there was a call from the shore, which turned out to be from a couple who are also CCCA members. Their boat “Chilli Heat” is around at Dunbogan on a mooring, something worth checking out next time we are here. Sounds like a very good deal and is probably a bit more comfortable than sitting in the strong currents in the river and always keeping a lookout for a dragging anchor. They have apparently been following our blog.
We put the dinghy in the water and went ashore to get a few groceries and something to clean up a nasty red wine spill on our upholstery that I was responsible for. We had already removed most of it using a car upholstery cleaner, but bought a product from the local hardware store (Scotts Carpet and upholstery Stain Remover) which got rid of the rest. The project extended into getting rid of all of our upholstery stains, so we had cushions scattered all over the deck drying, but the end result was impressive.
We invited Ken & Millie from Rhiannon over for pre dinner drinks, and sent the afternoon cleaning up, filling the tank with the spare diesel from the jerry cans, running the generator to charge the batteries and get some hot water etc.
The Rhiannon team arrived at 5pm and it was too windy in the cockpit, so we sat below and enjoyed a few drinks and getting to know some more like minded people.
The BBQ was fired up for dinner, cooking some lamb short loin chops were bought from the local butcher.
We are expecting a southerly change overnight and through Monday with strong wind warnings issued for Port Stephens to Point Perpendicular.
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