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Posted: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 - 11:30

Hi everyone This site will be closing down soon, so We have built our own blog site. It contains all the old blogs from here along with the latest blogs. We have also added videos. Please continue

Posted: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 - 20:51

TURTLE SOUP ANYONE Friday 21st August We have a new crew member. Karla flew into Airlie Beach on Tuesday afternoon. Sue and I went ashore to pick her up. It was an extra low tide and the sailing

Posted: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 - 20:39

Thursday, 30th July Again we went snorkeling and then Sam went up the main mast and cleaned the spreaders (Alan - you will be pleased to see!). In the afternoon as the wind was getting up and the bay

Posted: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 - 20:33

Wednesday 29th July Luncheon Bay is a nice bay sheltered from the SE winds. After a nice night we woke to having large fish swimming around the boat so we had to swim with them! We then noticed a

Posted: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 - 20:30

Monday 27th July We left Shaw Island this morning and headed to the famous Whitehaven Beach. To get there we had to go through the Solway Passage. This meant timing it with the tide. We got through

Posted: Sun, 26 Jul 2020 - 21:21

Sunday 26th July After the winds went through we headed back to Airlie Beach where we picked up new crew. Two guys from Canada, who have been touring Australia. With Sam and Julien onboard we headed

Posted: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 - 15:12

Tuesday 21st July We left Airlie Beach on Sunday and went across to Stonehaven bay on Hook Island. Which turned out to be a popular place to stay with 21 boats joining us by evening. Sue had quite a

Posted: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 - 21:24

Thursday 16th July After spending a few days of exploring Thomas Island and spending time on Naked Lady Beach, sorry no photos (been censored by Sue). The tranquility was interrupted last night by

Posted: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 - 19:48

Tuesday 14th July Late yesterday afternoon while we were writing emails we looked up to see a turtle peering in the porthole at us. Sue jumped up and started making faces through the porthole at it

Posted: Sun, 12 Jul 2020 - 20:39

Sunday 12 July We can now understand why no-one wants to join us as crew. Uninhabited islands, beautiful coral and shells scatter the beaches, Turtles swim metres away from the boat, schools of fish

Posted: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 - 19:57

Friday 10th July Monday the weather packed in and so we were confined to the boat, watching movies. Tuesday and Wednesday were the same. So it was quick dashes between Dalitu (Kirsty and David's

Posted: Thu, 9 Jul 2020 - 18:39

Sorry Guys the photos didn't upload. Lets try again. Over the years I've only come across two other examples of this species of tree , I'm sure they must be on the endangered list. The shoetree is

Posted: Mon, 6 Jul 2020 - 22:33

Image:coneshell. Image:Sue. Image:Andrew. Sue survived her shark attack! We left Mackay on Saturday with the wind off our beam. With only the head sail up we were doing about 7 knots all the way

Posted: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 - 15:03

Image Thursday 2nd July No not Thursday, Sadday. Today we bid farewell to Robyn and Karl. After a gentle all night sail we arrived to Mackay. There were lots of cargo boats anchored outside the

Posted: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 - 13:51

Wednesday 1st July After an uncomfortable night we decided that we would head for Mackay. Over breakfast we calculated how long it would take to get there. Then what time we needed to set off, to

Posted: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 - 13:48

Tuseday 30th June We arrived at South Percy Ilse last night, anchoring in the bay with 7 other boats. Although we were sheltered from the wind and swell, we had a small amount of rocking. Karl and

Posted: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 - 09:24

Friday 26th June Yesterday we all piled into the dinghy and headed around the west side of Great Keppel island. We found the large bay (ship wreck bay) we had sailed past on the way to our anchorage

Posted: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 - 21:30

Wednesday 24t June On Tuesday morning, we awoke to 20 to 25knot winds and a choppy sea. We intended to stay another day at Lady Musgrave, but with the high winds we decided to go. By 10am we had set

Posted: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 - 21:21

Monday 22 June 20 We woke to a breezy morning. After breakfast we went to explore the island. Had a nice walk around, saw several noddie birds. We also came across some campers, a dad and two

Posted: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 - 20:24

Sunday 21 June 20 Sailed overnight with variable wind to the point we had to bring the sails in and motor. Fred (auto helm) decided he'd had enough so packed it in early this morning. Whilst we

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