8th January - 2XS in waters off Thailand - Bicheno

Wednesday 8^th January

Waub's Bay, Bicheno

I rang Pete yesterday hoping for good news re batteries etc.  He was very astonished to hear his Malaysian phone ring, from far away Tasmania.  Well, from anywhere really.

He was seventy nautical miles out at sea, in Thai waters – the phone shouldn’t have worked at all!  Ah the power of love!

All is well.  The batteries arrived  thank you Mr Yeong, at Multiquip! Pete will get to the marina in Phuket just a few days later than anticipated, to get them installed and ready for the next bit of sailing adventure on January 14^th.

Meanwhile in Bicheno (aka Bighanistan) it is still cool but…yes SO beautiful.

The people are beautiful too

We have frolicked on the beach.

Some, very sensibly, wearing more winter gear than others…

We are very lucky to have another generation represented

The blowhole has been spectacular.

Cousins were reunited. 

 Nicky’s friend Anna spends most of the summer holidays at the family shack in Bicheno.  She told us that last Friday it was very warm, if slightly windy.  Waub’s Beach was crowded with happycampers.  All fun, all GO!!  Children digging in the sand, toddlers toddling, swimmers swimming.  Suddenly there was a HUGE gust of wind.  One of the large kayaks on the sand at the far end of the beach was lifted and started spinning end over end speedily up the beach…  DANGER!!  Several people were injured… A woman was smacked in the back, another was flattened.  Finally a very brave, large man flung himself on the kayak and wrestled it to a horizontal position, like a crocodile hunter, and an uneasy peace returned to the beach…