200 nautical mile and 30 hours at sea, we arrived! The treacherous Bass Strait waters stayed calm for the remainder of our crossing and as the morning sun rose we were off Green Cape Lighthouse, we maintained our 3 hour watches throughout the night and as we entered Two Fold Bay and headed to the township of […]
Up the New South Wales Coast! Read More »
39.00.639S – 148.29.300E By midnight we had enough of the extremely rolly anchorage and decided to pack up the paravanes and leave. Once around the Island and into clear air we experienced 15-20 knt Northerlies but this was forecast to change to SW early hours of the morning so we plugged away at 1200 RPM
Middle of Bass Strait! Read More »
The past week we have been slowly moving north whilst exploring the Furneaux Group of Islands. After a great year of cruising Tasmania we farwelled our friends on Lemaris as they head towards Melbourne for some family time and later in the year they too expect to head north.
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For our final night in Launceston we visited a local restaurant, Stillwater, on the foreshore of the river. Eva, Alan and Karen ready to go for dinner. In the background is the Marina Units and restaurants that border the waterfront. At low tide the yachts on the inner arm of
The first month of the New Year has gone really quick and our plans constantly change. But in the spare few moments we have I am trying to get the blog up to date. Go to http://opallady.com/aspx/blob2/blobpage.aspx/msgid/626342 for the story and photos thus far. After leaving Hobart on the 12th January and making our way to Wineglass
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The sunshine has finally come out in Tassie for a walk down through Salamanca to the Taste Festival, where all the local food and wine was being served. We spent the afternoon eating and drinking whilst listening to a variety of musicians playing to the crowds enjoying the sunshine and watching the yachts enter Constitution Dock after a
We enjoyed a ” Farm Xmas Lunch” at Alan’s sisters farm with his family and Nicole got to see the 1-2 week old piglets, down on the farm. We headed back down the Midlands Highway and stopped at St Peters Pass for a comfort stop and to enable Nath and Nicole to
Our Monday Nights were taken up with the Sea Safety Survival Course which thankfully ended on 9/11. The course was aimed at Sydney to Hobart Ocean RACERS with a crew of 10+ not a 2 Person crew of cruisers on a Nordhavn!! We played the game and passed with flying colours. Throughout the weeks we
More Crays! November Update. Read More »
Apologies for those that missed the last entry, some computer error or ME error! The past week has seen the weather start to warm a little but the rain and wind greets us most mornings. The sun appears most afternoons for an hour or two. We took the opportunity yesterday to drive south and find somewhere for
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