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"