tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76608150824863597422024-03-22T12:27:45.552+12:00.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763396370896590401noreply@blogger.comBlogger215125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660815082486359742.post-30284626732212991332023-12-07T22:25:00.001+12:002023-12-07T22:25:33.740+12:00Netflix Christmas<div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/g22716075/best-netflix-christmas-movies/">https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/g22716075/best-netflix-christmas-movies/</a><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><font color="#ff0000">Seasons</font> <font color="#38761d">Greetings!</font></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><font color="#ff0000"><i> Di</i></font></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><i><font color="#ff0000"> Maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store</font></i></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><i><font color="#38761d"> Maybe Christmas means a little bit more</font></i></div><div><font color="#ff0000"><i style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"> </i><i>The</i></font><font color="#ff0000"><i> </i></font><font style="font-style:italic" color="#ff0000">Grinch</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763396370896590401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660815082486359742.post-87086890314778869302014-09-11T05:16:00.000+12:002014-09-11T05:16:53.052+12:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A new chapter is just beginning. It is with mixed emotions that we have just sold QuickStar in Australia. We have been blessed spending the past seven seasons sailing across the wild blue yonder. Although we could have continued to do this for the rest of our lives, we have been called back to terra firma thanks to our growing stable of amazing grandchildren.<br />
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When we started out our goal was two years. I figure we got pretty lucky squeezing another five years of sailing. <br />
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Who knows what exactly we'll do now. We live 5 months of the year at Silver Star Mountain in Vernon, B.C. Canada. For the other 7 months of the year - we'll have to see where the wind
blows us and the fancy strikes us. We do have a little "castle" (fondly
named by our granddaughter) - in reality a little trailer that we have
on 25 acres of our son's 80 acre hobby ranch. Makes it easy to see two
of the grandkids whenever we drop anchor here.<br />
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We run a very busy reservation business for Silver Star properties which you can check out at www.silverstarstays.com. I continue to sell and promote my book www.financialfitnessbooks.com and am still overwhelmed that it became a #1 Amazon best-seller. Just so we don't slack off too much we also continue to manage our real estate portfolio and are also launching a new online retail store to sell Back on Track products. That website will be www.wonderwear.com. The beauty of all of this is that we can do it anytime, anywhere - so we are as free as the wind to travel at the drop of a hat.<br />
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My name could be "no fixed address", so to this end we will continue to travel at whim and create new dreams and memories. We've done a last minute 2 week Alaskan cruise this summer and will be heading to Ontario for six weeks this coming weekend.<br />
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Thanks to all of you who have faithfully followed us across the ocean. May you also discover your dream and do whatever it takes to make it happen. There will be obstacles and set backs and naysayers each step of the way. Keep walking. You may well be your biggest enemy.....move aside.<br />
Whatever you do - set a date - you won't be ready - but cast off your lines anyway. Wishing you all the best as you live your dream. If you need some motivation - email me at svquickstar@shaw.ca. My personal saying is "money is a renewable resource - time isn't". Live life today!<br />
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Saying farewell for the time being......Diana Young & Peter Bruckmann<br />
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been back in Canada for almost a month now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have been meaning to do my final QuickStar blog of the season, but we
have been in a whirlwind since we’ve arrived back home, and I have been
procrastinating on what might be my final blog posting.</span></div>
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being looked after by David Bray Yachts in our absence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are also thinking about importing our boat
to Australia and selling it, so this could be our last season on QuickStar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We started out in 2007 and had intended on
spending two years cruising.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead we
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like “this may be the last time I use the power winch”, “this might be our last
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We arrived home in time to
spend Thanksgiving weekend with Danny, Ashley, Addison and Ty, Kylie &
Taylor and about 20 other great friends and family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a very special weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the weekend everyone helped out to put
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weekend at Danny and Ashley’s again, and loved seeing the kids in their
Halloween costumes and romping in the first snow of the season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Addy turned three on November 3rd and we were
thrilled to share it with her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Lots of fun with the first snow of the season.</span></span></div>
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Peter has finally come home to Silver Star to join me for the season. He is thrilled to be cheering on the Vancouver Canucks for another season.</span></div>
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maudlin – this could be my last QuickStar Blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Thanks for coming along for the ride and sharing in our highs and lows
over the past seven seasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will
report in that either we have sold QuickStar or that we will be returning to
spend a season in Australia next Fall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So,
I guess this won’t be my final farewell! (I hate goodbyes)</span></div>
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season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will be at Silver Star for
the ski season, with Peter snowplowing and me running my rental accommodation business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you want to come to our winter wonderland,
check out our website <a href="http://www.silverstarstays.com/">www.silverstarstays.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">With QuickStar moored at
Pittwater, we are an easy 45 minute bus ride to downtown Sydney.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve enjoyed being tourists, getting to know
Sydney.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It reminds us so much of Vancouver
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">The obligatory Sydney Harbour shots of the bridge and Opera House </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Lovely converted old buildings and warehouses surround Darling Harbour</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">The delicious Aussie pies...I think I've gained 10 pounds because of them!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We’ve gotten a kick out of
the many different signs and sayings there are here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The half man walking sign is a crosswalk
sign…but we can’t figure out what this one means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any ideas?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">What is somewhat funny is
when I spent my week at Coff’s Harbour, I went on all the walks that I could
fit in, but one eluded me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was called
Refuge Island and I saw lots and lots of signs to access it, but I could never
find it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once we started on our road trip,
I noticed many cities had Refuge Islands, but none of them were on the ocean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldn’t help but laugh when it clicked
that Refuge Island is what the Aussies call the meridian in the middle of a
road where pedestrians can safely stand before crossing over to the other
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We love so many of their
sayings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we went to a museum and
bought entry tickets the lady asked if we had any concessions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We thought she meant popcorn and drinks, as
we call concessions at movie theaters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In Australia, it means are you a student, disabled or senior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peter
was meeting up with a local here and Rod said “okay savo”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After getting the translation we learned that
means see you this afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peter is
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: red;">The largest pelicans I've ever seen </span></span><br />
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that we have in North America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
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to my frugal financial principals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
always we use a discount coupon and it was still a $28.00 entry fee…so I
decided to take one for the team and pass on going…instead I went to Margarita
Ville where Happy Hour was in full swing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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(although there were only 2 American’s onboard – the rest were Kiwi’s and
Aussies).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Captain is an Australian named
James Spithill who is a member of the Royal Alfred Yacht Club right here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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in the area, so the pub was running the game with their generator. We have been
following it everywhere we went in Australia, because the locals just love this
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We bought a 7-day public
transit pass which includes all buses, trains and ferries – all of which we have
used extensively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the first day we
went in to Sydney on the bus, the bus driver had to slam on his breaks suddenly
– this was a two-car bus which was packed with many standing in the aisle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little girl was thrown into the front of
the bus and had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one else was injured. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was just a reminder that some of our family
members are worried about us when we are out at sea, but it is usually the
everyday things that cause most accidents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We went to see the movie
Gravity on what is billed as the largest IMAX theatre in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Terrible movie, but great to see the 3D
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The other “good timing” event
was the 100<sup>th</sup> year celebration of Australia’s Navy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a massive event with up to 16 tall
ships, 40 warships and 8,000 naval personnel from more than 20 nations – plus
Prince Harry as the honoured guest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
went in over a 3 day period and took in the events from different vantage
points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first day it was pouring
rain, but the next two days were good. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">On the second day they closed
off much of the park at Bradley Point because the Governor General was onsite
to do the official Fleet Review.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of
us climbed up to sit on the rocks in the bush so we had a great view, until the
Ranger came and told us all to get down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Australians held their ground though and said there were no signs
saying we couldn’t be there and also, in the program it said the park was a
prime viewing location.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of them got
quite vocal about it, with the Rangers calling for “back-up” by the
police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the people were old, but
steadfast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The police ended up making an
arrest of one man, who for sure is going to be taking his case to the
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><i><span style="color: red;">Until next
time</span></i>….Congratulations to our daughter Kylie for getting the Teacher-On-Call position
in her school district.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lucky, lucky
kids.</span></div>
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leaving Rob and Kirstey’s sheep farm we spent two days on the road exploring
little towns along the way. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a
very funky German town called Hahndorf that was great to poke around in. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The highlight for me was going to Cleland
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through the park, along with kangaroos, wallabies, bandicoots and lots of
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Of course, I had to do the tourist
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Next
stop was to visit David and Jane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>David
is the professor who sailed from New Cal to Coff’s Harbour with Peter &
Barbara.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We met them for dinner in a
great restaurant in their local Sterling Hotel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>David insisted on shouting (meaning paying for it) as well as keeping my
wine glass always half full!</span></div>
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returned to their home in the woods up in the Adelaide Hills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are living in a shed, while they are
building their David-designed (David is an architect) home on the
property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>David has been single for many
years prior to Jane, so he lived happily in this minimalist shed for 15
years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I fell in love with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is basically one room with a kitchen,
living room and bed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He definitely had
his priorities right because much of the limited space was taken up by his
grand piano and wall to ceiling book shelves. There is an outdoor washroom,
open to the elements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My kind of place.</span></div>
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set up our car tent in the garage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While
Peter was up getting the tent organized, I opened the trunk and managed to slam
it shut on my thumb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, I had to call
to Peter to come and open it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My thumb
is still swollen and bruised, but no serious damage done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peter won’t let anyone give me sympathy,
because it was such a dumb thing to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He says “who slams a door on their own finger?” Remember about the wine
at dinner?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
house that they are building is amazing and I can’t believe I forgot to take my
camera on the grand tour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is still
under construction, but is nearing completion for October occupancy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been designed to merge with nature
with opening floor to ceiling windows throughout that overlook the infinity
pool and gorgeous forest views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
like living outside, while being inside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We can’t wait to see the photos once it is finished.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We
left early in morning and were rewarded by a Koala sitting up in the tree right
on their property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a great
treat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guess we didn’t need to spend the
big bucks at the zoo the day before!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We
all went out to a local bakery/coffee shop for breakfast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The one thing that we “rant” about in
Australia is the cost of a cup of coffee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Generally speaking for a regular size black coffee it costs $4.50.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is even the price in McDonalds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reason being is that they make each cup
of coffee, which also means waiting for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Personally we didn’t like the coffee at all – very strong – so we
figured out to order coffee half strength (which theoretically should’ve been
less money, but no such thing here).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To
keep things in perspective, you can buy a beer for $3.00 and can also choose
from a selection of good wine bottles for less than $5.00.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mmmmm…..an overpriced, terrible cup of coffee
or a bottle of wine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No wonder there is
a bit of a drinking problem in Australia.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We
arrived in the picturesque area of Clare Valley, which is renowned for its’
wine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We could’ve spent a week here, as
there are many walking and biking paths throughout the area that have
convenient stops along the way at various wineries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went to Clare to see James and Alice, as
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Alice slowly built this into their dream house, which is the perfect size for
them and designed so they can add on to it when they have children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those of you who know me well, you’ll
understand that this is the way I think many young people can achieve their
goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Start with something you can
afford and then either work up to another home, or fix and reno the one you
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some speeding tickets in the mail, as the two “boys” registered over 200
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have booked our flights and will be leaving October 8<sup>th</sup> to get home
in time to spend a family Thanksgiving weekend, along with other friends at
Danny and Ashley’s ranch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next week will
be the last QuickStar blog of this fantastic cruising season.</span><br />
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only a sunrise”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My poor, jaded
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with our trusty little rental car – a Wicked car with a cartop tent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those of you who haven’t heard about
Wicked, it was a company our daughter and Australian son in law
recommended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The company offers very
cheap rents, with vehicles that are worn and battered. They cater more to the
younger crowd, especially with their wildly painted vehicles with all kinds of
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say no to drugs – but they don’t listen to me” blasted all over the back or the more
sedate one that he opted for. While we were traveling we also saw another Wicked Van that said "Does your ass**** get jealous of all the **** that comes out of your mouth?". We figure we got off easy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">What’s bizarre is the car
only cost $36.00 a day, unlimited mileage, but the insurance premium was $25.00
a day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That wouldn’t have been too bad
but it doesn’t cover you if you drive at night, or if you hit an animal (sadly
we saw kangaroos dead all over the place – over 50 each day!) or for fire or
theft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We opted not to get their “coverage”,
as our credit card rental coverage was far superior and didn’t cost any extra.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">After picking up the car Peter
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a minute and you are off the ground with a comfy built in mattress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Off the ground appealed to us because of the
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The main purpose of our
Australian road trip was to visit old friends who live in Adelaide that we
haven’t seen for 25 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We first met
Peter and Phillipa on our first anniversary doing a Contiki trip
through Europe. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went to visit them 9
years later and since then our kids and their kids have gone back and forth
over the years and we have kept closely in touch with all of them.Their oldest son James is a
motorcycle racer and he was having his big final in Broadbent, (near Melbourne
in Victoria) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>so we headed there for our
first stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">James' Dad Peter is his biggest fan
and attends all his races, so we had lots of fun catching up in the pub
and also watching James win
all of his four races.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very exciting to
be there to watch him win the national championship in his category.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: red;">They're at the start...James qualified for pole position</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: red;">Lots of bike damage but no serious personal injuries. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Our car camper came in handy,
while James and his Dad stayed in a cabin at the same park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is wonderful about Australia is that
they have caravan parks throughout the country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At these you can rent a self-contained cabin, or you can camp with an RV
or a tent – with or without power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
all have a laundry block, clean washrooms with showers and a communal kitchen
area including an outdoor barbeque.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is such a brilliant idea as it allows for people of all budgets to be able to
travel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this would be a
wonderful business model for Canada and the States – almost every park we
stopped at was busy and the summer is just arriving.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Not many women can say that" Elizabeth Taylor </span> </div>
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Road and enjoyed popping in to the little towns enroute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The weather was great, so that made it comfortable
for using the cartop tent. (Peter insisted on the two nights it rained that we
rent a cabin – and since the car was only $36 a day, this was a great compromise for my fellow wimpy camper).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A fully equipped cabin goes for between $80 -
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a few years back and we were able to show them a bit of B.C. while they
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> <span style="color: red;">Peter, Rob and his mom Eleonor and the great New Zealand sheep dog Morris "drafting" the sheep (which means to separate the ewes from the lambs)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">This past week we have sailed
south down the Australian coast and have been blown away by how beautiful it
is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many cruisers say to give Australia
a miss, but we’ve discovered that is because they make landfall in Brisbane or
Bundaberg, which is too far north.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
you cruise in to these ports, it is almost impossible to get to the southern
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: red;">Heading in to Port Stephens</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We had good advice before we
left New Caledonia, so QuickStar made landfall in Coff’s Harbour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From there we set out early in the morning
and made our final overnight sail of the season, arriving in to Port Stephens
mid-morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overnight passage was
awesome, with lots of stars and a smooth ride, so I’m thrilled to end this
season on such a positive note.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: red;">Our anchorage in Port Stephens </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> The area around Port Stephens
is a huge, world-class cruising area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately, we needed to get moving due to commitments, so we’ll have
to save this cruising area for another season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What was really cool here is that the dolphins come right in to the
swimming beach and swam around our boat as we were sipping our Gin and Tonics!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">What is really awesome in
Australia are the many volunteer marine rescue stations that are located all
along the coast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you leave a
destination you can check in with them and give them your ETA for your next
destination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once you arrive you log
off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a great system. This past
week there was one SOS by a sailboat who lost his engine power, so he needed to
be rescued before crashing into the coast with the 25 knot plus winds. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Marine Rescue station atop the hill. Many are manned 24 hours a day </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The next morning we had a 30
mile trip to Newcastle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The coastline
was very picturesque with continuous sand dunes and we had an entire three days
of dolphin visits and lots of humpback whale sightings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The port of Newcastle is a large commercial port,
so it was exciting to be there and watch the comings and goings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> Today, we are heading out on
a 10 day road trip to Melbourne and Adelaide to visit friends that we’ve known
for 34 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will be a nice trip down
memory lane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve rented a Wicked car
with a tent that you set up on top.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
should be fun – but the weather is quite cool and rain is expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not that it matters to me, but Peter is
getting really soft and spoiled, so he is already whinging about sleeping in a
tent (I say…<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">don’t spit the dummy</i> –
which is my favourite Australian saying - thanks Ara for sharing). I also remind him that it is because we are so frugal, we can have all these adventures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">P.S.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sad part of being away for six months is
we do miss very special and important events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In August we missed the wedding of Sheena (daughter of Joe and Fatima who are great
friends of ours) and Alex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just last weekend,
Nicole and Chris got married at our son and daughter-in-laws Whiskey River Ranch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This upcoming weekend Colin and Amy will be
tying the knot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sending our best wishes
to all of you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will raise a glass (or
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: red;">Some of the many dock birds at Coff's Harbour</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>Great news!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been busting at the seams for the past
month – but I’ve finally been given the go-ahead to share the wonderful news
that our baby girl Kylie and her husband Taylor are expecting their first child
Feb. 15, 2014 (and our 4<sup>th</sup> grandchild).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So excited!!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">What is intriguing is that 26 years ago when I
was pregnant with her, we visited our friends in Australia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was where I heard the name Kylie for the
first time and just loved it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kylie travelled
to see our family friends when she was 17.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This inspired her to do her 2<sup>nd</sup> year of university on
exchange in Australia and she returned yet again to do her teachers
college.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">During this time she met and
fell in love with an Australian named Taylor. They married last year in Canada,
and bought their first house in Ashcroft, B.C. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>this spring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the summer they went back to Oz for a visit, completing the circle
that began 26 years ago; as this time Kylie was pregnant with her little
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We have had a fun and
productive week at Coff’s Harbour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
spent the weekend playing tourists and enjoyed two days of offshore motor boat
racing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: red;">Don't worry - we didn't do this really tacky camel ride</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Exciting motor-boat races</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I still had my little
cottage, so this gave Peter a couple of nights off the boat after his crossing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once the weekend was over, and the stores
were open, Peter fixed the prop shaft leak and also the problem with the jenny
that they encountered during the crossing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So thanks to my talented Captain, we were good to go!</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Picture this</span></i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">…yesterday
morning at 9:00 a.m. we left Coff’s Harbour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Although the weather called for favourable winds, we didn’t see anything
over 10 knots so we began motoring for our anticipated 24 hour journey to Port
Stephens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we exited Coff’s Harbour we
were rewarded with a large pod of dolphins playing off our bow for over half an
hour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just as they headed off, we saw
two humpback whales in the distance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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and more humpback whales. They were everywhere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">While we were watching two
juvenile whales playing in the distance, without warning, two whales almost
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Peter veered course and so did they.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
whales continued to travel alongside us, showing off and playing by flipping
their tails and blowing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One slap of the
tail was so close it splashed the boat!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was in heaven, as I’d never seen these huge
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<span style="color: red;"> sailing off in to the sunset</span></div>
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alert, as there were lots of ships, ferries and other boat traffic out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
were steering by the stars, as there was no moon and it was pitch black.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were hoping we didn’t hit a sleeping
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">At dawn this morning, Peter
thought I needed my sleep more than witnessing a gorgeous sunrise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he was relating this to me afterwards about
how awesome it was, I mentioned that I would’ve thought that after being
married for 35 years, he would know I’d rather see an ocean sunrise than catch
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">It was my turn to take the
next three hour shift. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During this time,
we were listening passionately to The Canadian Tenors singing their hearts
out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(they are fantastic, if you haven’t
heard any of their three albums). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To heighten this experience, we were
surrounded by different pods of dolphins for the entire morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At one point, on starboard, a large sailfish
jumped out of the water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The icing on
the cake though, was a full grown humpback soaring completely out of the water
as if dancing to the music.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Bucky…all I
could say was wow, wow, wow!)</span><br />
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heading in to Port Stephens (just 3 hours behind schedule due to the light
winds).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another two days should find us
in Sydney. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">This past 27 hours, I’ve felt
like a kid on Christmas morning. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am
just so incredibly grateful that Peter and I can live outside in this world
teeming with natural wonders.</span></div>
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to Taylor and Kylie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will love your
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Yahoo….QuickStar sailed in to
Coff’s Harbour yesterday around lunchtime with a tired, but happy crew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I have been here for the week, I
arranged everything with customs and immigration, as well as reserving a berth
in the crowded marina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got to know the
customs officer (Mick) quite well, so he allowed QuickStar to come right in and
tie up rather than having to anchor out and wait for them. (he even helped with
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<span style="color: red;">Very cool for me to watch from the top of Muttonbird Island, as QuickStar made landfall. They had an added bonus of seeing humpback whales and dolphins as they were nearing Coff's Harbour</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Australia is quite strict
about their quarantine procedures, so the officer took off all fruit,
vegetables, meat, nuts, and seeds (including unopened popcorn).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sadly for Barb, she had been collecting seeds
and nuts from around the world to make in to a necklace once her world tour is
completed. These were taken away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
some reason he didn’t take her sour dough bread starter which she has been
using for over five years. All in all he took off over 15 kilograms of
supplies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I have had a fabulous week
here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just love Coff’s Harbour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The weather has been hot and sunny, which is
a little unseasonable, as it is still winter here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been great to see so many people – old
and young - out and about at all the parks, walkways and beaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone has been really friendly, even
though whenever I talk to the locals, I am asked to repeat myself– which I do
much more slowly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess I have a
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">It’s been a relaxing week in
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am the only one using it since the guests in the other 6 cottages think it is
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We’ll have this cottage for two more nights
because it is so popular I had to book right away when Peter thought he would
be arriving later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had been in touch
with me daily and admitted that they had a prop shaft leak, which might have
resulted in not being able to use the motor. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was no wind for the last 4 days of the
crossing, so this would have meant bobbing out in the ocean for an unforeseen
amount of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was quite concerned
about this, but he insisted that it wasn’t that serious and he asked Barb not to
put this problem in the blog as he didn’t want people worried (especially his Mom).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now
that he is here safe and sound he <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>told
me that they also had a problem with the gennaker, so they were unable to use
that sail and could only motor sail with the main sail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other than these two glitches, and the fact
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had a better crew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one got sea-sick
nor did they miss any of their watches. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Barbara also did the daily blog update, which was
quite impressive since her first language is German. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As an added bonus, they did all the cooking
and cleaning and were great company. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
snuck a cake mix on board and Barbara baked it for Peter’s Australia birthday
(since we are a day ahead here, he got to celebrate for two days).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last
night for Peter’s Canadian birthday, and to celebrate a successful crossing, we
took the crew out for dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
always great fun to rehash the crossing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both Barbara and David were going on and on
about what a great, safe, patient Captain that Peter was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All in all a memorable birthday for him. (Unfortunately, my camera battery died, so I didn't get our final night celebration photos).</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763396370896590401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660815082486359742.post-28915080475025861952013-08-29T19:49:00.000+12:002013-08-29T19:50:11.889+12:00Day 6 (Auguste 29th) - happy birthday Peter!With almost no moon last night was very dark. But who needs light anyways - when there are at least a couple of stars which work just perfectly as reference points helping to keep the boat on course. What a beautiful way to steer the boat..of course it would be even more romantic if we were actually sailing ..and there was not this little detail of a constantly running engine ; ) ..anyway - then came the sun again! - and the captains birthday started with a drastic wind-shift to the south-south-west, freshly baked bread (this time not burned!) and to celebrate the day - our one and only pineapple! Nonetheless the increasing breeze - Quickstar was struggling to make head ways - while we were struggling to hold on tight. Due to the wind shift waves and current seamed to be fighting each other creating messy, choppy seas which caused us to "hobby horse" barely making 6kts(and still running the engine). But hey - we gained an hour! and soon the current will be pushing us - so no worries - we will be in Coffs Harbour tomorrow early afternoon ; )
<br>enjoying a little celebration drink we look forward to our Birthday dinner!
<br>2pm and ONLY 136nm to AUSTRALIA!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763396370896590401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660815082486359742.post-42505710537591167442013-08-28T18:54:00.000+12:002013-08-28T18:56:57.255+12:00Day 5 (Auguste 28th) - out on the ocean!A beautiful morning welcomes us! The see - majestical and unusual flat (of course - there's no wind!), is glistening in the rising sun. Still running the engine - but disregarding the noise (we almost got used to it already) - we enjoyed an extraordinary breakfast with pamplemose, ham and eggs for the guys and sautéed veggies for Barbara. Then Peter refills the fuel tanks with a 100 liter more - this should bring us to Coffs. Later in the Day we even get some breeze - barely 10kn from the north-west - but whatever! - we take everything! Furling out the jib - we notice a default..something is wrong at the top of the mast. Instead of the jib we use the mainsail - which is anyway the better choice for our high course (according to the experience of recent cruisers there is a current going down south along the Australian cost - so we reset our direction, pointing now 40nm north of Coffs Harbour and hoping then to join the current and sail right into the Bay)
<br>With the upcoming breeze and the speed we kept maintaining - it looks like we could make it by Friday noon!
<br>fingers crossed!
<br>5:29 and only 239nm to Coffs Harbour!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763396370896590401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660815082486359742.post-56558264891503661622013-08-27T20:16:00.000+12:002013-08-27T20:20:13.283+12:00Day 4 (Auguste 27th) - half way!In the night from Monday to Tuesday we got the bad news via e-mail from Diana: The Australian Immigration Officers do not work on weekends - which means unless we arrive in Coffs Harbour before Friday 3:30pm we will have to wait until Monday morning until we can check in. What a bugger! Our optimistic estimation calculated our arrival sometime on Saturday! Now we had the choice - trying to achieve the impossible and get there in less than 4 days - or sit around outside the Harbour for two days - or pay a lot when checking in Saturday. Peter decides to at least try to make it FASTER! - So we cranked the engine an started motor sailing from now on - without the help of our reliable friend Max - we now got heaps of steering practice. At least we had a delicious barbecue dinner with steak for the guys and self caught tuna for Barbara.
<br>As the wind died more and more - after dinner it became clear - we are not going to make it on Friday.
<br>6:20pm and only 411nm to Coffs Harbour - half way done!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763396370896590401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660815082486359742.post-38392446561996556972013-08-26T21:36:00.000+12:002013-08-26T21:41:05.263+12:00Day 3 (Auguste 26) - Mahi-Mahi for lunchThe rest of sunday we had pretty strong winds. With 2 reefs in the main we were still keeping a speed between 5 and 6 kts. and within the gusts of some dark cloud we even speeded up to 7 kts. The 2nd night went by smooth - with enough winds in the sails, we had Max steering all night through.
<br>Monday morning arose in a thick cloud cover - the wind finally shifted - coming now from the southt-south east. With a fair breeze in our favor we continued making good miles. Shaking out one of the reefs as the wind sattled down a bit we still maintained an average speed of 4.5 - 6kts. With Max doing all the work we were free to bother about more enjoyable things than driving the boat - fishing! Enthusiastic that these cloudy conditions, which fish seem to like, would increase our luck to catch one, we hooked on the "pink lady" on peters line and also let out the all-round rainbow lure on Barbara's handline. Despite the many birds that tried to catch our tackle - forcing us to wheel the lines in several times (and Barbara to scare them away by shouting into the sky) - we soon had a little Tuna on the Handline! having just brought in the first fish - we had another one - this time a beautiful Mahi-Mahi, on Peters rod! What a delicious feast was this lunch with a backed fish on rice prepared by David and Barbara's famous "vegetable variation"!
<br>with full bellies and happy moods, we kept sailing consistently for the rest of the day - slower and faster in times and put in a second reef before the sunset.
<br>7:05 o clock and only 540nm to Coffs Harbour!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763396370896590401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660815082486359742.post-63382909336533766332013-08-25T18:31:00.000+12:002013-08-25T18:37:20.774+12:00Day 2 (Auguste 25) - sunrise on the oceanAs the last faint idea of New Caledonia was disappearing on the horizon and the setting sun colored clouds and sky in deep purple, the Quickstarcrew celebrated the successful first day by a homemade fried fish on salad and roasted veggies.
<br>Still under sail and with Max steering the boat, Barbara starts off on her first night-shift from 6-9pm. Then poor David - whos just only had an hour of rest - got on wathch. But as the wind died at around 10pm he doesn't have to worry too long about how to keep himself awake. Turning on the engine, handsteering kept us bussi for the rest of the night. Under the power of the motor we took the advantage to correct our course, which had due to the wind fallen off our aim by 15nm. As a breeze started to pick up again it was now from the south-west - so directly in our face. Finally next morning after a beautiful sunrise, a good granola breakfast some more snoozing for the ones some more handsteering for the others, the wind had shifted again enough to allow us to shut down the engine and sail on a course of 230 (only 9 degees off our prefered course of 221) towards the australian coast. 11:30am and only 718nm to go to Coffs Harbour!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763396370896590401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660815082486359742.post-89747740122927140562013-08-24T18:18:00.000+12:002013-08-24T18:20:31.943+12:00day 1 (August 24th) - buy buy new caledonia!With the early morning sun Quickstar is leaving the visitor dock of Noumea. On board: captain Peter and his two new crew members David and Barbara. Motoring her out of the Marina we wave goodbye to Diana - "see you soon in Coffs Harbour - have a good flight!!" Following our finds catamaran, we headed for the pass and out of the channel, from where we seperated and each followed our own way - Bubas to Brisbane and Quickstar to Coffs Harbour. With the uprising of a fair apparent 15kts. south-south-easterly breeze, we hoisted the genova and happly started sailing towards Australia. After Barbara and David both had a little bit of practice on the wheel Peter set up the windpilot and left the helming to "Max" from then. With beautiful 6-7kts. we started off on a close haul - aiming for 215, the best possible course south.
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">It is a bittersweet day for
me today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At 7:00 a.m. this morning on a
beautiful, bright sunny day here in Noumea, New Caledonia, I waved goodbye to Peter
and crew aboard QuickStar, as well as our dear friends Marios and Ara on Bubas
as they headed off to Australia. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: red;">A gecko stowaway on Bubas</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">This past week both the <i>Captains</i> - Peter & Marios (and <i>Admirals</i>, aka Diana and Ara) have been busy getting the boats ready for the passage. Peter was able to give Marios a hand, by going up his mast and replacing the main halyard, as well as making some changes to the running rigging on Bubas. Peter, of course was in his glory as he loves puttering on boats, plus this was the least he could do, since Ara has shared her many amazing culinary talents with us these past few weeks. As they were leaving today, she gave us a hand-made recipe book that she made for us, which we will treasure always!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Our crew arrived two days
ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>David – a professor of architecture
from Adelaide, Southern Australia whom we met in Vanuatu, has just celebrated his 60th birthday. He can now cross
off one of his dreams on his bucket list…to make a blue water ocean
crossing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>David has already demonstrated his eagerness
by helping to lug groceries and by swabbing down the decks, along with
Barb (Jane….he said you wouldn’t believe it, if you saw him working so hard,
ha,ha)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The other crew member is
Barbara (26 years old) from Austria.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
is an amazing young lady who speaks French, German and English.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has been on the road for two years via bicycle
and “hitch-hiking” on sailboats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can
check out her blog at <a href="http://www.caretaker.cc/barbels-blog">www.caretaker.cc/barbels-blog</a>.
Barbara reminds me so much of our wonderful daughter Kylie (25 years old) –
full of life, enthusiastic, with a brilliant smile and a real keener.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Barbara has already made herself
indispensable on the boat and has promised to take care of the two “old guys”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is so sweet and will also make a surprise
birthday cake for Peter’s 59<sup>th</sup> birthday on August 29<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll be sorry to miss celebrating his special
day with him, but will make up for it when he arrives in Australia. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">When Barbara gave me a hug
goodbye she said how thankful and appreciative she was for our warm welcome and
the opportunity to make this crossing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That made me feel so much better about not being able to make this
crossing and jumping ship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a tough decision to
make, but I know it was the right one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The past two days, I have had a major Lupus flare-up with my body hitting me
over the head with a 2 X 4 (since I’m not good at reading subtle signs) to make sure I didn’t
have a last minute change of heart. As always though, I will focus on and be grateful for all the things I can do, and not those few things that I can't. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Both Bubas and QuickStar were
supposed to cast off the lines yesterday, but the weather didn’t cooperate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On top of that, Bubas ran in to a
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had taken on a crew member
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>named Thomas (27 years old from Germany) to help them
with the crossing and he had moved on board the day before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all went out together and treated the crew
to a dinner and an evening of celebration (Peter was feeling no pain by the end
of the evening!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Yesterday morning, while doing
all the paperwork and running around from port captain to customs to
immigration, Marios and Ara found out that their crew member has been banned
from Australia for overextending his visa on his past visit there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were told if they took him they would be
arrested on arrival for people-smuggling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Needless to say they were very disappointed that he had lied to them
(since he knew full well he was banned when he applied for his visa for
Australia).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They kicked him off the boat
and then had to repeat all the check out processes to take him off the crew
list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I sit writing this at the waterfront café,
I see Thomas walking the docks with his backpack, so he is looking for the next
boat to “scam”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">It is really too bad that
this happened as Ara and Marios are now making the crossing on their own, which makes Ara understandably nervous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The weather looks promising though, so hopefully
both QuickStar and Bubas will have an enjoyable and safe trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They have set up frequent radio schedules to maintain contact,
especially once they separate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>QuickStar
is heading for Coff’s Harbour and Bubas is heading for Brisbane. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> <span style="color: red;">Saying goodbye to Marios and Ara... until we meet you again in Australia and until you visit us in Canada.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">One of the greatest things
about us sailing across the South Pacific for the past seven years is the life-long friendships we have
made with people from around the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> It is also a</span>lso the saddest part, because we have to say goodbye as well.</span></div>
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Eddy (from Begum) on Helena, waving a final farewell to us.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"> We spent the next week travelling with Marios and Ara on their beautiful 44 ft. Lagoon catermaran</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Another great dinner on Bubas</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Lots of food</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Ara and I hunting for sea snails - a local speciality</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">The perfect end to a great day</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">At our final anchorage, we took the dinghy out to a little "desert" island </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">The boys went scuba diving while Ara and I kept watch for tiger sharks!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">In our final anchorage of our out-island trip we enjoyed kayaking</span><br />
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We met up with Glenda and Eddy again on Helena, so we had them and Ara and Marios over to QuickStar for a cowboy dinner of hamburgers and chips! It was lovely under the full moon.</div>
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We now have all our provisions on board and tomorrow the crew will be arriving. David is a professor of architecture from Adelaide, Australia. We met him in Vanautu and doing a blue water crossing was on his "bucket list". Also joining as crew is Barb - a 26 year old Austrian who has spent the last couple of years traveling by bicycle and sailing. Her goal is to travel the world via environmentally sustainable methods of transport. I will be flying out to Coff's Harbour, where I have rented a lovely little cottage. </div>
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The crossing could take anywhere from 7 - 10 days. Either Barb or David will be sending a blog post each day via ham radio, so if you are interested in following this passage, just drop in for a visit. </div>
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<i><span style="color: red;">Until next time.</span>.</i>....Wishing our son Danny a very happy 29th birthday. You have been a wonderful son and we also thank you for our fabulous grandchildren. We are so proud of you!!!!!</div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">This blog posting is written in loving memory of my Dad,</span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> who died of cancer twelve years ago on August 4, 2001. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Although this crossing from
Vanautu to New Caledonia was fairly benign, I was still very grateful to say
“land ho” to New Caledonia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Okay, I need some help from
my girlfriends (especially Lesly).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am
probably the least likely candidate to talk about fashion, (okay dear friends
quit killing yourselves laughing) so I need your opinion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I keep bugging Peter about his habit of
matching patterns with other patterns….note the mix of orange flowered shorts
with a patterned yellow Mickey Mouse shirt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Luckily he only wears these when we are on the boat, but when I was kidding
him during our viewing of the pictures, he said “I think it looks great – I’m
going to wear these out”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So come on Les
– what do you think???</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We arrived at the offshore
island of Lifou which was approximately 200 nautical miles (36 hours) from Vanuatu.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has a teeny-tiny marina which is where you
can stay and check in to the country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only problem was when we arrived; no one answered our radio call – neither
customs, harbour control nor the marina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After repeated calls, we decided to just go in the marina and find out
what was going on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The following morning, we
took the dinghy in to customs (about a 10 minute ride) only to find out that
the Customs officer wasn’t in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
assistant said to come back after 1:00 so we spent a leisurely morning walking
in to the town of We (about 2 kilometres).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is a delightful little town, with predominantly Kanak people (indigenous
Melanesian).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were all friendly and
dressed similar to the local Vanuatu women in their shapeless “Mother Hubbard”
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the ocean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prices here are more like
Canada, New Zealand or Australia…no more “emerging nation” bargains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our meal was over $30.00, but it was
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to the country yet and are wandering around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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market which was quite different from other markets in the South Pacific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New Caledonia is a rich country (due to the
nickel mines) and this is reflected in the variety and extensiveness of what
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a lot from N.Z. and Australia – but there was a new twist with French pastries
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: black;">While we were onboard QuickStar on our final afternoon we had the added bonus of a humpback whale swimming in the harbour. We only got one "sighting", but it was still pretty cool to be in the same place, at </span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We did have to take care of
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available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am enjoying not being
“digitally connected”, and I’m going to make sure I limit my time online when I
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We spent three nights in
Lifou and then we left at 6:00 a.m. to the next Loyalty Island of Mare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a rough passage with the wind dead on
the nose, so we had to motor the whole way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is a little tiny harbour that we were able to anchor in after 3
attempts<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>due to the poor holding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had planned on leaving at 2:00 a.m. to get
to the next island, but the wind godesses were not cooperating, so we spent a further
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We have now arrived in the
big city of Noumea, New Caledonia where we will spend a few nights getting
caught up with emails, taking care of things and stocking up again before we
head out to Illes of Pine for the next two weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">On a very sad note, I’m
sending our deepest condolences to my sister Debbie, who lost her 11 year old granddaughter
Rosie this week to heart failure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
beyond tragic and another terrible reminder that we must live every day to the
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763396370896590401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660815082486359742.post-872562616072115432013-08-16T19:12:00.000+12:002013-08-16T19:17:12.378+12:00Hello from the Isle of Pines, New CaledoniaWe are sending this to you via the Ham radio, so this will just be a quick update. We have spent the past week at the beautiful out island Isle of Pine with our Aussie friends Ara and Marios aboard Bubus. We've been having a blast snorkeling, having beach picnics, alternating dinners on each others boats and generally just relaxing and enjoying the wonderful weather and the post-card perfect anchorages.
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<br>We will be heading back to Noumea on Monday to get ready for the crossing for Australia. Peter will have 2 other crew members with him - one a university professor from Australia who we met in Vanautu and the other a 26 year old woman who is traveling the world on her bicycle and other "natural means" such as sailing. I have booked my flight for Coff's Harbour and will enjoy a week to myself getting a few projects done.
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<br>As always, we'll have daily postings once the crossing begins...either David or Barb will do this, since I won't be onboard. I'll update the blog with pictures early next week.
<br>Enjoy the wonderful last days of August.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763396370896590401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660815082486359742.post-91355797974983559122013-08-01T08:03:00.000+12:002013-08-01T19:07:10.568+12:00We are in New CaledoniaJust wanted to let you know we arrived safe and sound - but with a bit of excitement. We got in to the teeny-tiny marina on one of the outlying Loyalty Islands. We hoisted the french flag and the quarantine flag but neither the marina, nor harbour control answered our many calls to them. Finally, we decided to just go in the marina and then try to track them down once there. We got ourselves in there, but there was no room at the inn - instead we were greeting by a French official who waved us off and told us to "get out". For those of you who know Peter's unfair bias against the French, this did't help him to feel any differently.
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<br>It was already 2:00 in the afternoon and we didn't have many options. The sail to the next anchorage was 70 miles away which would put us there in the dark - but of more concern was that the wind had built up to about 18 knots against us and we were pretty tired from 2 nights of little sleep. We opted to anchor instead, even though this outer bay is not considered an anchorage. The fact that the weather was against us for continuing, was in our favour for this harbour. It is not recognized as an anchorage as the prevailing winds are from the south which would make this open roadstead untenable. Since the wind was coming from the west however, we were able to anchor in 40 metres,. The southern swells were rolling in all night, but we are lucky that we cam sleep sideways in the beautiful Princess cabin that Peter designed just for me.
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<br>The weather is forecasted to be West again for at least 2 or 3 days, which means we won't be going anywhere - unless we get kicked out of the country for not following protocol and checking in yesterday. Once we get organized, Peter will take the dinghy in and find out about checking in and requesting an extension for us to make it to the official check in port (Noumea) which is 270 miles away. Usually you are allowed 7 days to get there, but with the weather conditions, we may need longer, so we can also stop at a few points along the way. We have to carefully time entering in to Havannah Pass which had a current of about 4 knots, so we need to hit it at slack tide.
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<br>This looks like an interesting little island to explore, so we look forward to a few days here. I'll update the blog again a week Friday.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763396370896590401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660815082486359742.post-67669463163470413752013-07-31T06:49:00.000+12:002013-07-31T06:55:36.157+12:00Day 2 - July 31Good morning. It is 4:30 in the morning and I'm thrilled to advise that we are having a relaxing and easy crossing. We have motored the whole way, and the seas are fairly calm, with no breeze at all. I also haven't been seasick this time, so very happy about that. If we continue with our speed, we are expecting to make landfall about 2:00 this afternoon. We will be arriving in the Loyalty Islands in New Caledonia. We probably won't have internet for about a week - until we get to Noumea, which is the capital. Until then....enjoy the long weekend.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763396370896590401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660815082486359742.post-12925823018634608932013-07-29T18:58:00.003+12:002013-07-29T18:58:59.672+12:00The big city of Port Villa, Vanautu<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The best part of our time
this past week in Port Villa is that we literally ran in to good cruising friends
of ours that we haven’t seen since two seasons ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ara and Marios from Bubas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Don &and Martha you’ll remember them from
when we went out for dinner on Mana Island in Fiji).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was great to see them, and we have spent most of the week together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Our first night we had dinner
and drinks at the Waterfront Bar, which is where the dinghy dock is, so a quick hop back to the boat afterwards. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a great reunion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The following evening we were invited to
Bubas for the most amazing meal ever!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(Ara owns a very successful restaurant in Australia).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Enroute we had to tow a local
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Dinner onboard Bubas with Ara
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Peter decided that for our “reciprocal”
dinner we would buy them dinner rather than make it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a chicken!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure they would have loved Peter’s
cooking, especially since he has developed a real interest in cooking and
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<span style="color: red;"> <span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Our second dinner at the
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We also went twice with them
to a decadent bakery/coffee shop</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> (just so you don’t think we only go to bars!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Cruise ships come to Port
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">All of us spent part of our last few days
getting ready to leave Vanuatu – the regular stocking up, refueling, getting
all our safety equipment on the deck, loading up the dinghy, Di making the meals for the crossing, and checking out at
customs and immigration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The final item,
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The lowering of the Vanuatu flag</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We will be leaving at 3:00 a.m. this morning and hope
to only have two nights out at sea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
will try to do a blog posting if I am not too seasick and if we are able to
connect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I'm looking forward to a great experience for this - <span style="color: red;"><i><b>my final crossing.</b></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: red;"><b>I saw this and thought of my sister Dorothy, who is understandably a Wizard of Oz nutcase. I'm going to be using this as my mantra for the crossing.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><i>Next stop</i></span>…..Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia (a French
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763396370896590401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7660815082486359742.post-61364292647279604172013-07-26T12:37:00.000+12:002013-07-26T12:40:15.315+12:00Farewell to FijiSince we left Fiji over three weeks ago, we have been out of internet range. I was able to post the weekly blog from our Ham Radio, but this does not allow any photos. Now that we are in Port Vila (the major centre of Vanuatu, I'm able to post the photos that go along with the Ham Radio commentary for the first two weeks. These are the photos from our first week and then our second week follows - the commentary for both weeks follows the photos.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Our final night at the Sunset Bar at Vuda Point Marina - saying goodbye to our friends</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Sadly....taking down the Fiji flag as we head out to sea</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Hooray....landfall in Vanuatu</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"> Our anchorage for the next week</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Our first evening at anchor in Vanuatu</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">The local village</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">A local family dressed for winter (it was about 23 degrees c/75 degrees f)</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">The kids loved the supplies and games we brought them. Flashcards were the big hit! Di in the background</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Highschool - we gave them crosswords, suduko and other puzzles.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Although Vanautu is generally a safe destination there was a murder during the week that we were there. We didn't learn about it until after we left, as the locals were quite ashamed of it and kept it quiet. A woman was killed by her boyfriend and he dumped her in this river. He cut out her heart and apparently ate it, which is a sign of black magic. The murderer is still hiding out in the woods.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"> They caught a little fish and were delighting in playing with it</span><br />
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Our anchorage<br />
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<span style="color: red;">The view from QuickStar</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Our parking spot on the island</span><br />
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A short dinghy ride away is the beautiful island called Mystery Island. It is completely surrounded by a white sand beach. The island is deserted as the locals believe that it is haunted. You can have the island all to yourself most days - except for when a cruise ship is at anchor and the island comes alive with markets and tourists. </div>
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We had a great first week in Vanautu. Our next stop was Port Resolution on the island of Tanna.<br />
Photos and commentary below.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><i>Until Friday</i></span>....don't take yourself too seriously.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Our little stowaway from Fiji</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We arrived in Port Villa,
Vanuatu yesterday leaving from Dillion Bay at midnight.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Dillion Bay</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">It was a fairly uneventful
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We will have internet for the
next few days before we move on, so I’ll post some photos from the past two
weeks, when I was only able to give commentary.</span></div>
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<i>Note to Lesly....this is another one of my Mu-Mu's as you call them. I truly am a slave to fashion as you say - this particular mu-mu is about 15 years old and has been in my suitcase for many adventures around the world. I put my clothes budget into my travel budget - what can I say? </i></div>
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blowing ash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peter did take videos of
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<br>As I type this, we are a million miles away and two hundred years in the past. We arrived into Port Resolution on the island called Tanna. This is the bay that Captain Cook sailed into on his ship Resolution - hence the name of the bay.
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<br>It is doubtful that much has changed from his landing, except cannibalism is no longer practiced. Hard to believe that the last record of cannibalism was as recently as 1982 - the year of birth of our oldest son Ryan. Who would imagine that in our lifetime these practices still existed?
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<br>Peter is in his glory on this primitive island, where men are supreme and women are simply necessary to do the cleaning, cooking and breeding. Yesterday we witnessed a wedding feast that involved the whole community. All the women in the village prepare the pig (that was given by the bride's family) and the yams and taro root. They worked together all morning with the kids helping out (Oma will have a heart attack when she sees the pictures of the kids chopping with big knives).
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<br>As I'm typing this we have two of Peter's newfound friends on board for coffee/cookies and an exchange of goods. Peter is quite enjoying the role of "king of the castle" while I make the coffee and serve the food. I am down below so not to interrupt the men talking with insignificant female stuff. I keep catching Peter smirking at me, but I know he appreciates me saving "face" for him, by not being my normal feminist self, which wouldn't be understood here, especially with his elevated status from the Kava hut.
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<br>The weather this week has been terrible. Winds have been constant - over 25 knots and today they are forecast to reach 40 knots. It has rained on and off with 100% cloud cover. All the cruising boats are hunkered down wherever they are and just waiting this weather out.
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<br>During this magical week, we also met with an Australian group of 16 student architects and engineers who are working on creating a locally-owned tourist establishment that is self-sustaining and duplicatable. They invited us to join them for dinner and we have enjoyed getting to know them and also watch the project unfold. Unfortunately for them they are camping on the beach and are literally water-logged and windblown.
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<br>The two Professors are coming onboard this afternoon for happy hour. One of them is hoping to free up his time to make the crossing with Peter from New Caledonia to Australia (departing approximately late August - mid-September) Peter would also welcome another crew member, so if you are interested send an email and I'll get it when we are in internet range.
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<br>On a different note, we received an email earlier this week from our friends on Helena who are still at the bay in Anatom, where we were. Glenda asked if we had noticed all the men carrying machetes and the women long knives. We had, but just thought that was their culture. As it turns out, one of the men murdered his girlfriend (while we were there) and dumped her body in the river. He cut out her heart! This is considered black magic and it is assumed that he ate her heart. Now every day when dusk approaches, the women and children have to remain in their huts with a few men left to keep guard of the village, and the other men are going out nightly to try and find him in the bush. In hindsight, we are glad it was too rainy and muddy for us to trek out to the waterfall in the woods.
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<br>So sorry - so much for my short posting! The weather seems to have finally laid down a bit, so we are planning on leaving at sunup tomorrow morning. We have loved being accepted and welcomed here in "the twilight zone"…seeing the volcano (wow), hiking through the island, watching an authentic half-naked dance, sharing the wedding feast, visiting the school with our supplies, and being invited into the community and the homes (all straw huts with no electricity or running water). Lesly, my dear friend - you would be horrified!
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<br>We feel so incredibly grateful to experience such a richness of life and truly happy villagers, especially in the most primitive and basic forms. Throughout our six years cruising the South Pacific, we have learned so much from those that have so little. What makes people the happiest has nothing to doing with amassing material things and making more money. Once you have water, food, clothing and shelter then having love, family, a sense of purpose and contributing to the greater good, is what can truly fulfill people. Yikes….sounding pretty philosophical there!
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<br>Time for us to head over to Tom's village so that he can walk us through his garden for him to share his bounty with us, in appreciation for the batteries, shoes and other extras we had on board that we were happy to give to him and his family. It will be hard to say our goodbyes, but we are excited to explore the next island.
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<br>Until next Friday….go with the flow!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763396370896590401noreply@blogger.com0