We could get used to life on the river, it seems to be always nice and calm, it’s very quiet with very little traffic, there is the occasional mooing coming from the cattle that are grazing on the nearby farms but apart from that you can almost hear yourself think.
Yesterday we were picked up by Laura, we first met Laura and her husband Steve on their catamaran Eaglehawk in the Iluka Bay at Christmas last year. It was there that they said to us that if we were ever up this way to give them a call, we did and Laura came down in her car and took us up to their lovely home at Ashby Heights for coffee and muffins, Steve was in Yamba working on Eaglehawk, getting her ready for the sailing season. Here in Australia the sailing season for cruisers heading up north is the none cyclone season.
Today we took our dinghy over to Maclean, we took a stroll around this beautiful town. I’m sure that you understand the feeling one gets when you first stop at a new location, that feeling that makes you all warm and fuzzy inside, that feeling that you feel safe. That is exactly how we both felt the first time that we came ashore here and so far, that feeling has not changed one bit. The people we have met here are friendly and very helpful, there is a neatness to this town and the surrounding areas that definitely gives the impression that people care, the streets are clean, the lawns are neatly manicured, so far the only downside is the occasional mosquito that always seem to bite Annie, they never seem to annoy me hehe.
We did have a lovely lunch at the Services Club, purchasing ANZAC badges as we entered. From the club we had a good view of Annecam anchored across the river. We watched two catamarans Somewhere and Exhale with Tanya, Alan, Fiona and Trevor on board sailing back down the river from Grafton, anchor alongside Annecam.
The photo is Laura, Annie and myself in Laura’s car driving up to her home on the south side of the river.
As you go through life, you must do what is right for you, no one else walks in your shoes.
Maclean, NSW