"Don't look back Gerry..."

 Unseasonal strong winds held us in Port Stephens for an extra day. 

 From Port Stephens we sailed to Foster/Tuncurry courtesy of a pleasant day. The boys had the self-steering gear working, which left a bit of extra time to read and eat. 

The self-steering is great but does allow the concentration to wonder. Not good at the moment; migrating whale are passing. Toncurry to Port Macquarie was 'another day dressed in grey'. It was a quick trip however, setting an exciting finally.  

  Entry to Port Macquarie is across a bar (sandbar), a dangerous endeavour at anytime. On our final approach Dal suggested to Gerry that he - "just keep going and DON'T look back!" He couldn't resist and regretted it, a large ugly breaker was in pursuit across the bar.

  The forecast for the rest of the week is about as bad as it has been to-date. We are stuck here for awhile. The bar has adequate time to play with our minds while it awaits our departure.