The fun begins!! Above: Hauling Out 2011, Mackay QLD Tomorrow is Haul Out Day and the lead up process has been hectic to say the least!! Our last major haul out was in Mackay March 2011, and then we had a 2 hour lift in Fremantle WA in early November 2011 to wash […]
We cannot believe that 12 months has nearly gone by. . . . . . Although this past year has been extremely busy! Early September we flew to Cairns and picked up a one way motorhome rental, 6 berth, $5 per day with 2/3 of the fuel paid for! Over 8 days we drove from
12 months on. . . . . Read More »
We have returned to Opal Lady and left the cosy fire of our temporary hillside hideaway in Tasmania. We are busy catching up on boat jobs, visiting family and friends and yesterday we had a very different experience . . . . .. . . My Mum and Dad are grey nomads and for 6mths
Winter is fading. . . . Read More »
100,000 visitors to the Opal Lady website, and for us a celebration!!! At 2.44pm today, Friday the 13th July we wish to thank all of you that follow our journey, its encouraging for me to see the visitors page and get the feedback, sort of makes the hours of work updating and publishing the photos
Whoo Hoo!! 100,000 visitors to our site!! Read More »
Life has been very busy and I am behind again, still!!!! But there have been lots of photos and pages, and trip statistics that I have added and still more to come. Last weekend we enjoyed the company of other Nordhavn Owners and Dreamers at the 2nd Nordhavn Rendezvous as well as a visit from
King Island was in our wake and the waypoint to Three Hummock Island was 65nm away. At 4.45pm that afternoon our path crossed with the one that we had made on the 28/2/2009 at 12 midday. We let out a cheer and congratulations to Us!!!! Yippee!! This was the unofficial/official point that we mark as
Strahan and Gordon River Read More »
The sun rose over the glassy seas as we had the leads of the harbour insight. We had been seeing bright lights along the North West Coast all night and realised very quickly they were the lights of the cray boats that worked out of Currie Harbour. We followed the 3 sets of leads into
King Island (situated in Bass Strait) Read More »
The harbour was dark and quiet as we motored out past the gas rig in Portland Bay and the 30nm toward Port Fairy. It was indeed an ideal day for us to be traveling, nice and calm! As the day wore on, the seas became flatter and as we neared the entrance to
The Twelve Apostles Read More »
Dear All, Apologies for the delay in these posts, life has been very busy for a while!!!! I am slowly catching up, so you can expect a few in the coming days. On the Home Page you will always find a few words that will give you an ‘up to the minute’ position for us.
Adelaide to Portland, Victoria Read More »
Because the seas were so flat and calm it allowed us a more restful sleep in a 2 hour watch pattern. As the sun rose we were nearing the mouth of the Coffin Bay, and Scarlett was close behind, as they had been motoring all night! It was difficult to find the way
Coffin Bay to New Years Eve, Adelaide Read More »