Ahoy! Shipmates
09th February 2011
I enjoyed the most glamorous pick up ever on Sunday. I got the bus into Sydney Central, travelled on the top deck of the double decker train to Hawkesbury river and then wandered to the pontoon and waited.
Five minutes later my lift emerged from around the headland and there was Dennis waving and calling “Watts!” In response I waved my thongs (flip flops), one in each hand, above my head and grinned.
It always feels more special when I meet up with friends from home somewhere else in the world. Sunday was even better than that, as I clambered aboard the good ship Cox and cruised up the Hawkesbury river to a restaurant that was only accessible by boat: Peat’s Bite.
We had an afternoon of tasty food and good company. The evening entertainment is detailed in 'the boat that rocks', but it began with Dennis and I watching the diners who’d consumed too much alcohol, trying to board their vessels home. Much to our disappointment, no-one fell in.
Five minutes later my lift emerged from around the headland and there was Dennis waving and calling “Watts!” In response I waved my thongs (flip flops), one in each hand, above my head and grinned.
It always feels more special when I meet up with friends from home somewhere else in the world. Sunday was even better than that, as I clambered aboard the good ship Cox and cruised up the Hawkesbury river to a restaurant that was only accessible by boat: Peat’s Bite.
We had an afternoon of tasty food and good company. The evening entertainment is detailed in 'the boat that rocks', but it began with Dennis and I watching the diners who’d consumed too much alcohol, trying to board their vessels home. Much to our disappointment, no-one fell in.