After a peaceful night sleep we dropped the mooring to explore the many bays in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. We caught up with Beaujolais I for coffee at Cottage Point a small suburb of Sydney. It has a restaurant which can be accessed by Sea Plane from Sydney, it was a little out of our budget with mains averaging $45.00.

We motored down to Refuge Bay where we explored a waterfall, bush bashing our way up the top and also behind it. We then motored and stayed the night in Castle Lagoon, Yeomans Bay a perfect spot to hide from the wind.

 

Top of Refuge Bay waterfall

Interesting erosion

The next day we ventured into the Hawkesbury River to go ashore at Brooklyn. It looked slightly industrial but turned out to have hidden cafes and the local Anglers hotel. A great place for a beer.

We picked up a mooring in Coasters Retreat, Pittwater for the night and said goodbye to Beaujolais I & Della Rue who continued their journey to Newcastle the following day. We were so close to Palm Beach aka “Summer Bay”, I couldn’t resist but insist we visit. Before venturing to the “surf club” we climbed the stairs to the light house which gave a great view of Pittwater and Broken Bay.

It was time for some civilisation again so we headed to RPAYC for a couple of nights @$65 p/n. We also had to organise Time Flies to be slipped as the shaft seal was leaking, it’s supposed to be a dripless seal! Dean was able to purchase a replacement locally and slipping was easy. I can highly recommend RPAYC if you need anything done. We slipped Time Flies and had her back in the water within the hour.

We were fortunate to meet Kevin and his friends Georgia & Luca, he was happy to take us into Whitworths & Coles for some provisioning. Kevin had recently purchased “Silver Heels” and was planning on sailing her back to Perth then eventually to the UK. We ventured back to Coasters Retreat ready for a speedy exit to Newcastle.

Laundry – RPAYC has a little laundry $3 each for tokens 1 for wash & 1 for dryer. I give 5/5,  45min drying cycle for $3 can’t beat that.