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Tales from the front…Malaccan Strait!

Our stay in Singapore was way too brief…nevertheless, we packed a lot in – Singapore is a city, an island and a country all rolled in one. It is an intriguing brew of Chinese, Indian, Malay and Western cultures…diversity on steroids blended into…

Tales from the front…Malaccan Strait!

Our stay in Singapore was way too brief…nevertheless, we packed a lot in – Singapore is a city, an island and a country all rolled in one. It is an intriguing brew of Chinese, Indian, Malay and Western cultures…diversity on steroids blended into…

Road Tripping!

Whilst Opal Lady enjoyed our berth at the Hillarys Yacht Club, we left to tour with friend and singer Graeme Connors and his fellow artist Melinda Schneider, on their Heartland Tour of the southern region of Western Australia. Alan drove the mini bus, …

Road Tripping! A different view. . .

Whilst Opal Lady enjoyed our berth at the Hillarys Yacht Club, we left to tour with friend and singer Graeme Connors and his fellow artist Melinda Schneider, on their Heartland Tour of the southern region of Western Australia. Alan drove the mini bus. …

Happy Birthday!

11-11-11It’s said that all those 1s are good luck. We hope so.Found this on the net…”Eleven is a number of illumination and enlightenment, a number of insight, blinding flashes of the obvious, and a number of transformation”Wow!Happy Birthday to our …

Enjoying Grand Cayman

We have been on the island now for close to a week and are really enjoying it. We have gone to the beach, drove around the island (did I tell you that they drive on the other side of the road), went on a submarine trip, went out on a snorkel…

Great Sandy Straights and Wide Bay Bar

In order to continue our southward journey onthe Great Sandy Straight, we had to be up very early to be at an extremely shallow “dog leg” in the channel, for high tide. We are back in a part of the world where tide changes are big and currents ca…

Moving Southward from Bundaberg

The Great Sandy Straights Marina on Hervey Bay is a pretty decent place to call home for a day or two. It has an extensive network of shops and services at the top of the ramp and some pretty decent restaurants and bars. We wandered over to the Hervey…

Snakes Downunder by Bear

Bear holding a Python (non-venomous)On Sunday, the 6th of November, 2011, we, on Oso Blanco, went to a snake place called Snakes Downunder. Did you know that there are about 200 species of snakes in Ozzy? About 80 species are venomous. We learned thi…

Fubar Dinner in Ensenada

Bob Senter, Kay, Bill and David Bock. We had a wonderful dinner and met up with everyone on the fubar. We will leave early in the morning for our next leg to Turtle Bay. Bill went golfing today and I went to Costco and got a new Mexican phone and air c…