Clearwater

Headed north west and spent a fair bit of the day buying basic camping gear - tent, stove, air bed, towels, pillows, utensils etc. Got them all for a really good price. Drove as far as possible to find a campground. Got to a Jellystone one at Sturbridge which charged us $50 to pitch a little tent. The site is nowhere near the standard which others have been at a lesser price but we had no choice. We shared a campfire with the people next to us, and our tent and bed were great, but it was soooo cold.

Left early and bought some supplies and drove to Beacon where we thought the sloop 'Clearwater' was kept. It wasn't there but we were told where it actually was, and about a music festival that was happening right then t which Pete Seeger, who is now 94, might make an appearance. We found the site and discovered we had missed him by about half an hour. What a disappointment.

However, we moved on to Kingston where the 'Clearwater' was on dry dock being restored. Barry spoke to a guy working on it, and told him we had come from Australia hoping to see it and he took us on the dock to see it close up. Barry was very happy.

Clearwater in dry dock under restoration