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It doesn't feel like it was that long ago we were logging Day 500 and Day 600 since starting our circumnavigation,  but here we are on Day 700. Simply incredible and a glance at our yellowbrick track brings back, in an instant, all the wonderful memories we've collected along the way. Of course, our hope is that we can continue to enjoy and, more importantly, appreciate, this fabulous lifestyle with each new experience.

Yesterday evening as we watched the sunset,  we had the pleasure of seeing more dolphins that had entered the bay.  Whether it was Roy's choice of dreadful music he had decided to blast out from a new playlist or just natural curiosity that attracted them to Paw Paw, we will never know,  but they certainly came close enough to investigate the racket.

After a delightful walk on the beach and then on to Colette Point this morning,  we said goodbye to Port Stephens for our overnight sail to Sydney. Sailing under full sails in 10 to 15 Kts of wind out of the ENE, in flat sea and, under blue sunny skies, we couldn't ask for much more!

Then, while in the process of writing this blog,  we heard an almighty whoosh sound far too close to Paw Paw for comfort.  As Roy undertook a hasty departure from the navigation station in the saloon to the helm station, with Elaine hot on his heels, our investigations revealed a huge whale less than 50 Ft from our starboard stern. After surfacing a few times,  it disappeared and resurfaced less than 15 Ft from our port side midships. It then disappeared again and resurfaced midships on our starboard side, where it followed us for a little while longer. What a marvellous sight, albeit rather disconcerting having such a huge creature so close to us. It seems the amazing experiences continue unabated!

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