Author name: Karen

The email from Nordhavn. . . . The ship is due at 0430 hrs tomorrow. And according to our shipping agent, at this stage it looks like offloading at approx 0830 hrs. On past experience with offloading, this could mean right on 0830 hrs, or depending on shifts, personnel, AQUIS and Customs, it could mean […]

Merry Christmas! Well once more the big ship carrying our little ship is delayed and now expected to arrive on New years Eve into Brisbane. We arrive in Brisbane on the 29th ready for a huge celebration.

Last saturday Opal Lady was loaded aboard the ship Kota Laju V.023S for transit to Brisbane and is still on schedule for delivery on the 29th Dec. As it gets nearer we will be able to track her online. We are currently in training aboard her Sistership Barquita cruising the Hawkesbury River. Thankyou to Graham

We received an email today with December 29th as the ETA for the ship with our “little Ship” on board to arrive in Brisbane. An 8 hour drive up the Pacific Hwy from Newcastle after we have enjoyed the Christmas festivities with the Family will allow us to be in Brisbane for the offloading of

Another email came today with important information to help us plan Opal Ladys’ arrival. The plan at the moment is she with be loaded onto a ship on the 13th December and have an estimated arrival of 8-10 days later(right on Santa time), then after the Quarantine Guys get to decide if she has to

Its got to be worse than being pregnant. . . .Waiting is the hardest, but hopefully by tomorrow we should be hearing something from Nordhavn re the plans for transportation. Meanwhile we are still sorting through a lifetime of stuff to decide what we will need to take and what we are leaving. The weather here

The news is great! Opal Lady is almost at the completion of the commisioning process ( checking all the boats systems) and the shipyard have booked her on a ship leaving on the 14th/15th December, but they are still trying to find a ship leaving sooner! Heres hoping! We are also waiting for more up

Another weekend of packing and cleaning to finish off our Caravan escapade, we have been back at our favourite Caravan park, Belmont Pines for 4 days and will leave tomorrow for the 10 hour drive home. Opal lady is still progressing and should be in the test tank this week with the US Commisioning crew

Mondays’ meeting with Peter (Nordhavn) didn’t put much light on the progess of Opal Lady, except they are sending the commisioning Crew from the states on Friday. After a very busy weekend socializing and taking all the contents of the van and depositing them at Brian and Judys’ shed we reluctently left their home and

We are currently at Hervey Bay, making our way from Darwin back to Newcastle in readiness for Opal Ladys’ arrival. We will be visiting Brisbane and staying with friends Brian & Judy in a few days to empty out our caravan of all the “important stuff” that we have been travelling with for the past