Thursday, January 3, 2013

Rottnest December 2012 NYE

We headed over to Rottnest on the 27th December where Jamon and Bec had been since Christmas Eve. They guided us in to Narrowneck Bay and found a purple mooring for us to go on to. Brett had come over with us and he helped us get set up on our mooring but within 10 minutes we were kicked off by the authorised holder so we moved to the one next to Jamon and Bec.

 We did alot of bay hopping on our tenders as it was 40 degrees every day  so it was nice to go swimming in different bays - Eagle bay, Marjorie Bay, Thompson Bay where the kids had a go on the kids fun park in Thompson North. Emily came over with us and then headed home with Grandad on the Friday after he came to visit us and show off his nice catch of a huge Dhufish. Lane and his family were also in Narrowneck and they dropped off some Crayfish that they had caught - so nice of them!!! Tim celebrated his birthday over at Rottnest so we had a few drinks with him that night. Chris & Blair, Bec & Jamon, Donna & Karen




 Marni and Emily came over on Christmas Eve and we caught up with Suellen and Mark and Timmy as they had come over and were in Thompson Bay so we headed over there after we patched up the Rib which had managed to get a leak in it again. It was pretty hot so we headed to the pub for a couple of drinks waiting for the 5.00pm ferry and Marni and Emily met us there. We headed back to Narrowneck were we had a quiet but great New Years Eve.

The big girl travelled really well over to Rottnest after having the Starboard motor rebuilt in November which took 3 weeks and cost nearly $25,000 so we were happy everything went well. Apparently the head had cracked in 4 places so we had to get a new head which is why it was so costly.