We are finally on the move from Sydney. It has been too much fun, with a niece and nephew to catch up with, and the rest of the family of course :) Stella is a bundle of laughs, very active and talkative too all of a sudden. She and Auntie Eee have made lots of great memories together. Vincent is ready to go, crawling in the last week with a big grin on his face no doubt. Bith and Neill are doing a fab job on the parenting front.
While we were here we also saw Erin's cousins Sue and Tim. Sue, Pete and PJ came out on the boat, young Pete pronounced it all 'cool'. We caught up with Tim and Chris at Christmas but Tim headed home to be with Uncle Ron (now well on the road to recovery from heart surgery) so we didn't manage a boat trip.
We've also caught up with lots of friends, old and new while we were here. The Kings Cross crowd has half moved over so we've spent some proper time with Sharon, Mickey, Les and Rick. We have also met the new generation - Molly and Paddy who are peas from the pod. We had a lovely weekend with Sue and Grant in the Hunter Valley getting some expert guidance to wine - hope to see you guys before we leave Auz.
Most of all it has been great to be close enough to Erin's mum and dad to pop round for tea or to have them over. Hard to leave.
But - we can't call ourselves cruisers if all we do is motor from Glebe to Middle Harbour so tomorrow we are heading out of Sydney and up to Broken Bay. We have been waiting for a window to NZ but have decided to start to head north (it's getting chilly here). If a window opens we will head back to Opua and probably up to Fiji again from there. If not we will probably head to Queensland and spend the winter in the Whitsundays.
Photos to follow.
While we were here we also saw Erin's cousins Sue and Tim. Sue, Pete and PJ came out on the boat, young Pete pronounced it all 'cool'. We caught up with Tim and Chris at Christmas but Tim headed home to be with Uncle Ron (now well on the road to recovery from heart surgery) so we didn't manage a boat trip.
We've also caught up with lots of friends, old and new while we were here. The Kings Cross crowd has half moved over so we've spent some proper time with Sharon, Mickey, Les and Rick. We have also met the new generation - Molly and Paddy who are peas from the pod. We had a lovely weekend with Sue and Grant in the Hunter Valley getting some expert guidance to wine - hope to see you guys before we leave Auz.
Most of all it has been great to be close enough to Erin's mum and dad to pop round for tea or to have them over. Hard to leave.
But - we can't call ourselves cruisers if all we do is motor from Glebe to Middle Harbour so tomorrow we are heading out of Sydney and up to Broken Bay. We have been waiting for a window to NZ but have decided to start to head north (it's getting chilly here). If a window opens we will head back to Opua and probably up to Fiji again from there. If not we will probably head to Queensland and spend the winter in the Whitsundays.
Photos to follow.
