Had lots of fun in Lake Macquarie. First night we anchored at Wangi Wangi and headed to the RSL for a couple of well earned beers, where we ended up winning the meat raffle. Archie was very happy to pose next to our prize; unfortunately he's just had a very bad haircut.
Next day we did a very slow 4 hour sail down Lake Maccquarie averaging about 2 knots with just the yankee out. A very relaxing way to enjoy the scenery. It is by and large a beautiful area, though there are several power stations around the lake that make for good landmarks.
We had an early start next morning in order to get through the channel at the 6am high tide. Then through Swansea bridge and out over the bar en route to Port Stephen's. The picture shows Swansea bridge and gives a good idea how narrow it seems when passing through. We were certainly concentrating on staying mid channel at this point.
We had the best sail so far up to Port Stephen's with little swell and 15kts of wind just aft of the beam. We passed the port of Newcastle on this leg which must have 50+ tankers waiting outside. Must be a strange job waiting on board one of these monsters to head into port.
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