On Saturday morning Pete and I got up early, had breakfast and headed off to Busselton to the Dive Shop, leaving mum and Dad cwched up in bed. Arriving at the shop, we filled in paperwork then I spent about an hour getting into my wetsuit, but it was the right fit and I was […]
Cows, early morning wine and natural spas
After a fun evening around the wood burning stove, meeting other campers and toasting marshmallows, we set off early to take a look at “Cowtown”. Also known as Cowarumup, the town has created a fun landscape of Friesian cows everywhere, so we stopped and had a look in the local park, hung with the cows […]
Land Cruising – Margaret River
A holiday with a difference for us – on land. Mum and Dad decided to take the direct flight to Perth, so we agreed it might be fun to tour Margaret River in a campervan. Pete and I flew to Perth on Sunday, and mum and Dad arrived Tuesday. We picked them up in the […]
Out she comes and home she goes
We spent a couple of weeks looking for options to get Wine-Dark Sea back to Sydney quickly. It seemed crazy to leave her in Darwin until the end of Cyclone season and then sail her home, so we looked for transport by road and by sea. In the end, the only real option seemed to […]
At home
Since my last update, it’s been a bit of a roller coaster ride, but the main reason I am posting is to say that the circumnavigation has finished for now. Pete and I have decided to stop, focus on building his business, and bring Wine-Dark Sea back to Sydney. I am also resuming my job, […]
Tripping with the Clippers
We spent the week settling in to being in a marina again, not a small task after the long days and nights at sea and the complete lack of other boats around us. In addition, we needed to think about WDS being able to weather stormy conditions, tied up to a dock. Not such a […]
And So, To Darwin
Somerville Bay and the Naked Truth We were tired. We thought we were getting enough recovery time between these long legs, but it now seems that we sold ourselves short. Our second evening in Somerville Bay turned into one of those horrible experiences you never want to repeat. It wasn’t any issue with the boat, […]
Heading West
Seisia We hadn’t been sure what to expect from Seisia, believing there was not much more than a camp site there, but we were pleasantly surprised. Arriving from Possession Island, we continued to be amazed by how green the area is from the water. We had to anchor outside the main anchorage, which is in […]
The most northerly point of the Australian mainland
The sail through Albany Passage was in the end simple. It looked more challenging on the chart, but we have to remember the charts are very sparse up here, and only the main shipping channels have really good detail. The Passage was about two miles long and about a quarter of a mile wide, and […]
Towards Cape York
(Friday 3 Nov) After a pleasant second night at Lizard, we had watched the breeze increase, and on waking we hoped we would be able to sail today. In the end it was lucky that we could, as when Pete went over to the resort with the jerries, there was no sign of the guy […]
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