Author Archives: Mike
Moonrise over Port Arthur
Hi everyone. Today I got out of the right side of the bed, instead of yesterday, in which I spent the while day in a massive grump. Today all four of us walked from where the boat was anchored in Port Arthur, up to a shack. There we played Dungeon Siege on our laptops… I’ll … Continue reading
My thoughts of Port Arthur
I thought Port Arthur was really quite boring… But my parents thought it was very interesting and spent hours and hours poring over the ancient history sites. On the trip up to Port Arthur we had a large 3 meter swell and 2 meter waves. My brother and I both didn’t get sick, but once … Continue reading
Today
I have just finished drawing my 22nd beholder. Beholders are a massive sort of head thing with five arms, and on each of the arms has a small eye that shoots a laser. My beholders have all their eyes in the middle and they all shoot lasers. Here is a picture of it… I have … Continue reading
Stuck for a while…
The south westerly weather doesn’t look like abating anytime soon. Here’s a screen shot for the forecast for Monday, when we thought we might depart. …and this for mid-week: Yuk! The next likely window is now likely to be next weekend, but we’ll see how we go. There are certainly worse places to be stuck! … Continue reading
Trip to Port Arthur
We had a pretty exciting trip round. 2 meter southerly swell , an occasional 2 or 3 meter south westerly swell and a 1 to 1.5 north to northwesterly sea on top with no steadying wind made for difficult conditions. We left at 6:30am aiming to be in shelter when the forecast change came through … Continue reading
A day ashore
The boys and went beach coming today, first walking on the western shore of the bay before rowing over the the town side of the bay. We went ashore beside the old (?) slipyard. It looks like it’s been abandoned and is now an environmental clean up project, judging by the sign on the gate. … Continue reading
My review of today
Hi everyone. Today my little brother brother and I rolled on a large grass slope, rolling down to a large green shed, with a small dark blue shed on the back of it. We had a cats ball knocking each down the large slope, but we liked climbing up just as much. My little brother … Continue reading
What I did today
We rolled on the grass slope near the road. I got a headache, but it was fun. I liked to do it because I was always falling down. When my older brother tried to jump on me, I would dodge. We found a dead skua, it had feathers scattered all over the place, perhaps by … Continue reading
(sort of) Free power
Just fixed the wind generator…. It’s now whirring away making tasty little amp hours to store in the batteries. When we installed the blades, it was a windless day, as you would hope. Don’t want to be going around putting blades on something that wants to be spinning at high speed, might need to count … Continue reading
Parsons Bay (Nubeena)
We arrived at Parsons Bay and the township of Nubeena yesterday, after a nice sail down the river. Leaving the Derwent River was a mixed emotion affair. Having cleared the lighthouse at the Iron Pot a few times before, it felt different to be doing it this time with no return ticket in mind. There … Continue reading