Saturday, November 05, 2005
Arrived at Portland
Portland is a large country city, we anchored off the city centre with the huge port for larger ships at the back of us and the beautiful city in front of us. The weather has been very overcast and cold but we have been relaxing and exploring the city centre.
We have reprovisioned, an interesting exercise considering we have to carry it from the shop, down to the jetty, fill the dingy, take the dingy out to the boat, unload the dingy and pack it away. Who says we do not get enough exercise.
We have refueled here, the insurance assessors were on the boat viewing the damage (or loss of) the wind generators and they and the boat were acidently sprayed with fuel-really it was an accident. Count on the Bushells to make an impression.
There is a seal in the harbour which is a delight to watch and very avid fishermen catching fish not far from us. Apparently there are also penguins but we have not seen one here in the harbour.
Looking forward to a break in the weather so we can head off to Port Fairy soon.
Assorted Photos of Portland
We have reprovisioned, an interesting exercise considering we have to carry it from the shop, down to the jetty, fill the dingy, take the dingy out to the boat, unload the dingy and pack it away. Who says we do not get enough exercise.
We have refueled here, the insurance assessors were on the boat viewing the damage (or loss of) the wind generators and they and the boat were acidently sprayed with fuel-really it was an accident. Count on the Bushells to make an impression.
There is a seal in the harbour which is a delight to watch and very avid fishermen catching fish not far from us. Apparently there are also penguins but we have not seen one here in the harbour.
Looking forward to a break in the weather so we can head off to Port Fairy soon.
Assorted Photos of Portland
