We Love to Boat!

We love to boat!  We love everything about it.  We love the sun, the water, relaxing, visiting with friends, listening to music, just floating along with nowhere to go!  It really doesn’t get much better on some of those days.  So when a few of Luke’s coworkers invited us to do a Harbour cruise with them, we gladly accepted.  It was a 5 hour cruise with food and drinks included. 

There were about 20 of us on this catamaran.  A few were Luke’s coworkers and the others were their group of friends that we’ve hung out with before.  It was a great day for us because we got to know all of them so much better and we had a blast.  The weather was beautiful!  Luke and I pulled out our wedding koozies and everyone said, “Oh, we should have brought our stubby holders, too.”  They call their beers a stubby sometimes so - there you have it! 

As we cruised around, the captain started slowing guiding us towards a beach.  As we got a little closer everyone got a little nervous because it was a NUDE beach!  The stress subsided as we cruised on by but it was quite a sight and we were all relieved not to be stopping there for the day!  Once we anchored, everyone got in the water for a bit.  Big difference in us at the lake and Australians in the ocean…we like to float with a noodle or some type of floatation device and they just get in and swim around the whole time.  Probably the first time I’ve noticed the American Way being more relaxed in something than the Australian Way!  ;)  Luckily, the captain had several noodles so almost everyone decided to give them a try.  The funniest part was how many people didn’t know what they even were.  They thought Luke and I were pros once we told them the numerous great things about them!  J It was too funny!!!  Next we had our “barbie” on the boat and then headed back to shore. 

Before we left that area I noticed several little white jellyfish swimming all over where we had just been in the water.  The captain said that kind is harmless and people actually will dry them out to eat them.  I asked what they tasted like and he told me, “paper.”  I think I’ll pass. 

The Sydney Festival started that weekend so everyone wanted to go out after.  Arrested Development was playing a concert around 9:00pm.  We went to a few pubs first. One had awful music playing so Luke actually traded the IPOD hooked up with his and he became the DJ for us for the next couple of hours.  It was a riot!  The manager had no clue but we all laughed when he would walk into the area where we were all dancing and having a beautiful time.  It probably would have been more funny for you if you’d been there, too, and also after a full day of fun on the water!  ;)  Luke topped off the night by playing, “Tennessee” and “Mr. Wendell” by Arrested Development because he had them on his IPOD.  Now everyone was really ready for the concert after that!  We ended up going home but we could still hear all of the excitement all the way at our apartment. 

Once again we had a great time with this group and they always make us feel very welcome.  Two Harbour cruises in a month were fabulous but Luke says the ferry will have to do for now.  J

Noodle time!