The Hawkesbury River

Said my goodbyes to Pieter and Nora the Explora, and was on my way to my next adventure to 

The Hawkesbury River

Which is a massive river that has many in's and out's and twists and turns, and ultimately flows into the ocean. 

I texted Sam when I was on the train and he said that there was another girl named Tina coming to the barge who was on the same train! That's living in the flow baby, no plans, yet it all works out beautifully. Right when I got off I noticed a girl up ahead with a huge green backpack. It's obvious when someone is backpacking ahha. I snuck up behind her and said, "how's it goin Tina?" And she said in her German accent, "ahhhh you must be Andrew." As we were walking down the stairs Sam was right there, and I said "the man, the myth, the legend!" He greeted Tina with the classic kissing of the cheeks and me a handshake and a half hug and we were on our way. This dude is fresh. We make our way to the marina and onto his yellow boat and we were off. It's incredibly beautiful.

Just soaking up the views and the deliciously refreshing ocean smell. 

There she is! I knew instantly from the picture he had of his barge online. Yes. My new home is a giant cement bathtub that has a kitchen, three rooms, six beds, two bathrooms (portable toilets), a wood roof, and a deck with lots of plants. This is epic. This is a dream. 

 The 360 degree view is unreal (I'm running low on words to describe how amazing this is). 

Sam's other neighboring barge, which is specifically for his creative work shop. Behind it, Dead Horse Bay (no joke), where we'd have a bonfire the next night. 

 Fishing off of our home for dinner, aha so epic. We weren't having any luck so we took one of the boats to a different spot... and still didn't catch anything but I snapped some nice pics.