Boys will be Boys
26 October 2009 | Iluka
Phil
24th October 09
We are currently on the Clarence River waiting for the Harwood Bridge to open at 0900. We decided to go up river as far as Mclean for a couple of days due to unfavourable weather down South. We will probably go back to Iluka on Monday morning. The trip has been going well and the weather terrific. John is good company onboard and lots of humour. I am still hoping to be home by the end of the month so weather permitting we will do some overnighters.
27th October 09
We are back in Iluka waiting for weather and it is very overcast with some heavy rain. Yesterday the 3 of us caught the ferry across to Yamba which in itself is a nice trip. We looked around the town and then walked up a steep hill to a hotel that looks over the beach. We had a pub lunch and then it started raining. I wanted to get the 1345 ferry back and don't mind getting a bit wet so set of for the town. Looking back this was a mistake as not only did I get wet but John and Geoff failed to turn up. After I had been back at the boat for a few hours I had a phone call from John (talking shorthand) that they were over at the Iluka pub and they wanted me to come over and have a drink. It appears that they had talked a couple who they met at the Yamba pub to drive them all the way back to Iluka (about 60ks). When I arrived at Seadgers Reef hotel the story unfolded but by then they were both well and truly wasted. I could spend a lot more time trying to explain how I got them into the dinghy and then onto the boat but it would take to long. I can say however that they are a lot quieter and subdued this morning than they were last night.
Still raining and still waiting for a weather window.