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Today was a day of getting everything aligned before we were able to leave the calm and tranquil anchorage of Roseville Chase,  which has been our home for the past two months, in order to start our journey northwards along the New South Wales coast. It became an exercise in trying to align the planets; winds out of the south, but not too strong, reasonable sea state, a high tide occurring during the day to allow us to cross the bar at the exit to our anchorage, have a bridge opening that coincides with our departure, enough water to get over The Spit and an anchorage in the outer harbour that will provide protection from the southerly winds for an overnight stopover, all of which has eluded us for the past week or more,  mainly because of cyclone Gita.

So, at 1220 we exited the anchorage on the high tide. Then, after tying up to one of the courtesy mooring balls for about 20 minutes,  we left Middle Harbour via the 1315 opening of the Spit Bridge. Fortunately there was still depth to cross over The Spit, but when we finally chose our anchorage for the night,  we were hailed by an Australian Warship telling us they were in the middle of military maneuvers and that we were to avoid anchoring near them. That was a good enough reason for us to change our plan and head to Watsons Bay instead, where we're currently spending the night. 3 out of 4 ain't bad!

Unfortunately all of this took place after a very blustery night that has continued unabated all day.  Add the wakes from all the ferries and we've been rockin' and rollin' all afternoon and evening with no end in sight. Hopefully it'll all calm down soon, so we can at least have a good night's sleep. We do, however,  have a fabulous view of the city tonight and we've had an absolutely wonderful stay in Sydney.

Our thanks to our friends, old and new, for making our visit to Sydney a truly memorable one. A special thank you to Angie for being our tour guide,  chauffeur,  mail service,  delivery service and general all purpose helper. You made life so much easier for us and we thoroughly enjoyed spending time with you,  your mum, the "boys" and your great group of friends.

Our thoughts are also with friends in New Zealand tonight, as cyclone Gita slams into the country, causing a state of emergency in various parts, after leaving a trail of destruction in Tonga and Fiji.

Today we also witnessed a remarkable event from the water as we crossed The Spit; a car being hoisted by a huge crane from the bottom of a cliff back onto the road above. We were convinced that there was no way anyone could have survived that crash,  but we later learnt that the driver, a well known Australian sailor, actually had.

Video calling Brooke and the grandchildren in Arizona,  as well as catching up with Justine in England, ended a very windy, rainy and eventful day.

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