Port Macquarie to Coffs Harbour

Coffs Harbour has been the best place to be delayed, yet! A really friendly marina crowd, and yacht club, beautiful location, whales daily and an excellent marine electrician: Marcus Edwards - look him up if you're ever stuck in Coffs with electrical problems. While I'm remembering to recommend people, Peter Elms is the man for marine diesel in Forster-Tuncurry.

Eugene and I had a lovely calm night sail from Port Macquarie, after two nights spent there. We had a close encounter with a couple of humpbacks outside the Macquarie bar, and dolphins are becoming too regular to mention. The weather is improving hugely as I head north - the locals are still complaining about the cold, but apparently they're doing that in Townsville, too.

By the time we reached Coffs my batteries were completely flat - we finished the trip quite dark, and came in without the chartplotter. It's a good thing Coffs is so easy. Easy, easygoing and just beautiful - the boat harbour and marina are tucked in behind Muttonbird Island, which is well worth a visit. There are some photos of it in the latest set:

Crowdy Heads to Coffs Harbour

We're just having lunch in the yacht club, then off to make a late afternoon start to Yamba. If everything holds out we'll carry on the next day for Southport-Brisbane, where I can start looking for a new alternator!