Pittwater

Today we spent the day on a catamaran on Pittwater with Chris' childhood friend Julia and family. Julia's Mum bid and won the day out at a charity auction and was kind enough to invite us along! Lunch, drinks and a crew were provided, so all we had to do was sit back and enjoy it!

Pittwater is a large bay 25 miles north of Sydney harbour at the mouth of the Murray River. Most of its shoreline forms the border of the Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park, so it is mostly undeveloped and there are lots of secluded beaches where access is only achievable by boat.

Here is a location map:

The Countess

Sailing north

Bruce seems to be having a good time...

...and so does Chris and Lizzie!

Our captain Paddy from Ireland (emigrated to Sydney in the 1970s)

Clockwise: Bruce, Julia, Lizzie, Jason and Alice

Anchored at Hungry Beach next to another sail boat.

Bruce getting the hang of paddle boarding

Weeeeeeeee!

Getting confident now, paddling off into shark infested waters

A Sydney sea plane arrives to pick up some beach-goers

Cheese!

Sailing back to the yacht club

A nice motor boat overtaking us