Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Sailboat Camping


    Mia has compiled a list of things she wants to do before we leave Oz.  One thing she has been relentless in requesting was to sleep on the sailboat.  It took a while to find a good time to fit it in, but we ended up with an amazingly beautiful night and had a really fun time.  I'm not much of a camper, but this type of "roughing it" suits me!

   The sun sets by 6:00 PM these days so we headed to our mooring spot right at dusk.  There was another great full moon rise along the way.  Wow.

Beachfront homes in Clontarf, near the yacht club where the boat is docked.


Gorgeous gum trees.  So Aussie.


Moon is barely visible over North Head.






Moon over Manly.  

Our mooring spot for the night, North Harbour, near Manly.

    After eating a yummy picnic dinner with some Aussie wine, we watched a movie on the iPad with the kids and settled in for the night.  I kinda like being rocked to sleep.


  The sea gulls got us up early but we were OK to head back since we left Jackson at home.  (No dogs allowed on the boat.)

Our morning view




Even the "spidas" have great views in Sydney!

  We're hoping to get another chance to sailboat camp again, but then again, Mia's list is growing every day!


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