I'm afraid we have no stories of great cruising adventures, no beautiful places to report on and no immediate plans for the cruising life. We have however had a remarkable year to date.
We have purchased a home with loads of potential, in the area we love and now have started the cycle of mortgage repayments and renovations.
Peter is working fulltime at Orara High School. He hit the jackpot and got a fulltime job when fulltime teaching jobs are almost impossible to get in this area.
I'm working as a marketing coordinator for a local real estate company and whilst it isn't the most challenging position it pays the bills.
Here are some pics of the house in its condition when we purchased it. In the past 6 weeks we have made some major improvements so I'll post some more pics shortly.
On a cruising note, you may remember the catamaran Twin Image we sailed around Tonga and Fiji with. Here is a link to their blogsite. There is a very interesting albeit a bit terrifying story called "I need the Bolt Cutters"
We have purchased a home with loads of potential, in the area we love and now have started the cycle of mortgage repayments and renovations.
Peter is working fulltime at Orara High School. He hit the jackpot and got a fulltime job when fulltime teaching jobs are almost impossible to get in this area.
I'm working as a marketing coordinator for a local real estate company and whilst it isn't the most challenging position it pays the bills.
Here are some pics of the house in its condition when we purchased it. In the past 6 weeks we have made some major improvements so I'll post some more pics shortly.
On a cruising note, you may remember the catamaran Twin Image we sailed around Tonga and Fiji with. Here is a link to their blogsite. There is a very interesting albeit a bit terrifying story called "I need the Bolt Cutters"
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Jura has been up on the slips having her yearly scrub down, repaint and beautification.
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We have bought a house!
Check it out: http://www.northcoastprojectsales.com.au/view/property/residential/boambee/901
So the cruising life has been put on hold for a while, but this is our dream home- Well it has the potential to be our dream home with alot of hard yakka! It is in the Middle Boambee valley, 5 minutes south of Coffs Harbour. 3 bedroom brick house with granny flat downstairs on 6000 square metres (1.5 acres).
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I have a full time job working as a marketing coordinator at a real estate company. Peter has a 3 month block of work at a local high school.
Yesterday we took Jura for a spin, taking part in the twilight race. It was blowing a good 25knots and all onboard had a blast. Our crew consisted of my dad Alan, brother Rhys, houesemate-to-be Joel Barker, cruising friends Tanya and Dudley who we met in Tonga, Sean from a yacht on our wharf (Sean is in a wheelchair!) and local sailmaker Peire.
Other news includes:
We won the NS14 national titles at Manly Queensland over christmas.
We are currently living at my mum and dads whilst Sydney friends Joel and Amanda live on Jura.
Joel and Amanda will be living with us at our new house.
We take the keys for the house on the 4th March.
Thats about it.
Jura has been up on the slips having her yearly scrub down, repaint and beautification.
Two
We have bought a house!
Check it out: http://www.northcoastprojectsales.com.au/view/property/residential/boambee/901
So the cruising life has been put on hold for a while, but this is our dream home- Well it has the potential to be our dream home with alot of hard yakka! It is in the Middle Boambee valley, 5 minutes south of Coffs Harbour. 3 bedroom brick house with granny flat downstairs on 6000 square metres (1.5 acres).
Three
I have a full time job working as a marketing coordinator at a real estate company. Peter has a 3 month block of work at a local high school.
Yesterday we took Jura for a spin, taking part in the twilight race. It was blowing a good 25knots and all onboard had a blast. Our crew consisted of my dad Alan, brother Rhys, houesemate-to-be Joel Barker, cruising friends Tanya and Dudley who we met in Tonga, Sean from a yacht on our wharf (Sean is in a wheelchair!) and local sailmaker Peire.
Other news includes:
We won the NS14 national titles at Manly Queensland over christmas.
We are currently living at my mum and dads whilst Sydney friends Joel and Amanda live on Jura.
Joel and Amanda will be living with us at our new house.
We take the keys for the house on the 4th March.
Thats about it.
