Saving Old Seagulls

24 November 1024 hrs
Lazy gull and chip eater tied up at the Clayton bay boat club.



Leaving Clayton bay making the final run on Goolwa.

23/11/2013 1649 hrs. John Badcock
At Clayton Bay, a run we will never forget and are not wishing to do again soon.
The Seagulls only stopped when we tried water injection (6 times).
Tomorrow we will reach the mouth of the Murray 30 days after we started at Yarrawonga.

23 November 1528 hrs

Just arrived Clayton bay after a very rough 8 hr ride across the lake

WELL DONE !

23 November 0639 hrs.

We have left Wellington heading for the lake.
From the Murray River Pilot....
"protect me, my lord,my boat is so small, your sea is so large "
....seems appropriate.

22November 2023 hrs

Arrived at wellington. We have now found a use for our flooded compartment.

22 November 1003 hrs. Chip eater heading down river with Gertrude pushing. The side curtains are down because it was raining this morning. What you can't see in the picture is the steady plume of smoke exiting the rear of the boat over the hatch it looks like they are smoking large cigars in the boa...

Oops ! forgot the map.

60 + klms to go !

.... Then again there is the Danube or the other silly gutter in the northern hemisphere......

Ah, but we've got the rest of the major rivers in each state to go first .... Might give the river in NT a miss though ...

21 November 1956 hrs. This is a picture of Lazy Gull and Chip Eater at the caravan park at Manum. John has removed the fishing line and replaced the seal on Johnathon. He will go back on the boat and 4 am ( called that because that was when the motor was put together from boxes of parts, on the day ...

21 November 1518 hrs Johnathon has blotted his copy book. Stopped mid river like the gearbox was seized. Rowed into the bank and pulled him into the boat to find fishing line wrapped around the propeller shaft. Changed him for 4 am and we are continuing down river. John will be busy tonight removing...

[attachment=0]image.jpg[/attachment]Here is a picture of Johnathon doing what he does best. Propelling the boat down river at the frightening pace of 8 - 9 kph.

Will any "Seagull" people be about to welcome the boats at Goolwa?

21 November 1113 hrs Motored off wednesday morning and again ran into very strong winds we got turned around by the wind and the waves and made it to a semi sheltered sand bar to wait out the worst of the wind. Stayed on the sand bar for about 2 hrs and then decided to head downstream again and make...

21November 1048 hrs We got blown away on Tuesday night and had to run for cover. Found a semi protected location up river and pulled in. The boat slammed drown on the chine on what we thought we sand bags but must have been hiding a rock or a fence post. A hole was punched through the side and flood...