Hi EveryoneThought I should let you know what we are up to and what our plans are.... we have stopped in Coffs for the next few months as the bank account was looking seriously poor. We have moved in with my mum and dad and are hoping we don't push the friendship, all is going well so far. Peter is working casual at...
Hi everyonejust a quick message to say we are back in Coffs now. We ended up sailing straight from Fraser Island to coffs, the weather was a beautiful N/NE. It got up to about 30knots at one stage and we ran under poled out headsail.Dolphins escorted us into coffs at about 6am last Monday. Jura is now tied up in the marina but...
Year OneDate: 20/10/2008 09:30Weather: PerfectLocation: Deep Creek Fraser Island 25'30 52S, 152'59 14EAuthor: PeterThanks to the wonderful people over in America and the great things they have done to the world economy we are now having to head home to find some work. Because of this I have been looking forward to Fraser Island and its world heritage list status as a great...
Year OneDate: 17/10/2008 16:00Weather: Clearing. WindyLocation: Mooan Point Fraser Island 25'14 00S, 152'59 39EAuthor: PeterWe have been taking short little hops along Fraser's western shore over the last few days with very little to report. The sand island is beautiful but it is difficult for us to get inland as the bush is so dense. There are 4WD tracks heading inland every now...
Year OneDate: 13/10/2008 20:45Weather: ClearingLocation: Triangle Cliffs Fraser Island 25'01 49S, 153'12 04EAuthor: PeterCruising is all about those special moments and its amazing how many of these moments there are and how varied they can be. It is impossible for my poor literary skills to effectively describe my surroundings to their best, but they sure leave me with a great feeling inside. The...
Year OneDate: 10/10/2008 15:45Weather: Rain and windLocation: Burnett River 24'47 04S, 152'23 01EAuthor: PeterAfter a certain amount of time away from the mainland and food suppliers it really is funny the things you start to crave and miss. As we have said before, things you normally would not crave like hot chips, or ice cream, or fresh juice. On the morning of the...
Year OneDate: 3/10/2008 07:30Weather: LovelyLocation: Lady Musgrave 23'54 17S, 152'24 17EAuthor: PeterWhen you picture a tropical lagoon what do you envisage? More on that later.We left Cape Capricorn on Sunday with a perfect 12knot northerly but as we had forecasts again of southerlies over 25knots for the next few days we headed for Pancake Creek (24'00 63S, 151"44 24E) another 35nm further south....
Year OneDate: 27/9/2008 19:00Weather: clear, sunny, 28 degrees C, a little breezyLocation: Yellow patch, Cape CapricornAuthor: PeterWhen we were living back at home I would spend an hour or more most afternoons after work either swimming or riding my bike through the Royal National Park. When you live in a space the size of a small boat exercise becomes a little harder, so...
Year OneDate: 22/9/2008 19:00Weather: LovelyLocation: Great Keppel IslandAuthor: Kylie15/09/2008 Scawfell Island: Pete woke up, heard wind, and decided it was time to leave...he didn't look at the clock however...it was an early start -2am! We slowly sailed through to Digby Island where for the first time in many months we had an anchorage to ourselves. We left for The Percy Islands the following...
