Month: September 2015

Bummer when the alarm went off at 5am, I was just getting into a really good sleep after a fair bit of rock and roll, especially when the tide turned! However, it was so worthwhile, because we had the sun rising in the East with a moonset in the west, and a glorious moon path […]

Day started with Petes alarm going off at 4am. He got up to watch the Wales England game but there is no way I could watch it, so I stayed in bed with my head under the pillows so I couldn’t hear. My phone then started going nuts receiving messages, so I knew something was […]

we made an early start to discuss plans around the saloon table. The wind was fixed in the South east about 15-20 kts which meant that anywhere we wanted to go we would be bashing into it. So after some weather checks, pilot guide checks and discussion, we decided we would miss out on pancake […]

i have to wait for the lost luggage area to call me if they find the tail on the plane. If they do, then I have to find a way to collect it from Brisbane airport

We landed in the beef capital of Australia without the mermaid tail! I realised I had left it on the first plane, and so decided to call up to see if it could retrieved. However the Yeppoon bus had left, and there was to be an hour and a half wait for the next one. […]

arrived safely in Brisbane, awaiting flight to Rochampton. Bar is open in Q lounge. Pete into hair of the dog in first rum and coke of the holiday. I am still on water, though contemplating a wine…

Pete and I are at the airport. We are heading north, to spend some time on Pilgrim, with our great friends and fellow sailors, Clare and Paul. It was my birthday yesterday and Pete and I are woefully overhung! But we are looking forward to being in the Tropics, on a yacht, with good friends…