Its been three years (as of July 22) since we officially began construction. While we spent a lot of time leading up to July 22, 2009 planning and preparing for this project, this was the date that the steel arrived so I’ll call that our anniversary da…
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Port McNeill to Port Harvey
July 21, 2012A deserted Greenway Sound ResortDeparting Port McNeill at 0955 we headed around the east end of Malcom Island and north across Queen Charlotte Strait to Fife Sound. As we headed out past then end of Malcom Island we ran across another fell…
Crysler Park marina
Left Prescott this morning, after a great breakfast at Bobby’s Fish and Chips. Wind has died down from yesterday, so Wayne got the boat out of our little corner with little difficulty. Slight wind coming down the river behind us, it got quite warm in t…
Crysler Park marina
Left Prescott this morning, after a great breakfast at Bobby’s Fish and Chips. Wind has died down from yesterday, so Wayne got the boat out of our little corner with little difficulty. Slight wind coming down the river behind us, it got quite warm in t…
National Parks and Wild Life
Almost! We almost saw a cassowary. Cassowary – prehistoric – big, black, flightless bird, aprox. 5 feet tall, with blue head, red wattle, grey comb (like and axe stuck in it’s head), can be ferocious (?? Big Bird??), leaves BIG piles of “sign” on t…
National Parks and Wild Life
Almost! We almost saw a cassowary. Cassowary – prehistoric – big, black, flightless bird, aprox. 5 feet tall, with blue head, red wattle, grey comb (like and axe stuck in it’s head), can be ferocious (?? Big Bird??), leaves BIG piles of “sign” on t…
Spending Waiting Time
This coast of Queensland, Aust. has some pretty tough weather and there aren’t many places to hide the rough stuff out. So we putz on the boat for a few days and enjoy more of Cairns. The weather calms down and we head out to Michaelmas Reef for a …
Spending Waiting Time
This coast of Queensland, Aust. has some pretty tough weather and there aren’t many places to hide the rough stuff out. So we putz on the boat for a few days and enjoy more of Cairns. The weather calms down and we head out to Michaelmas Reef for a …
Diving the Great Barrier Reef
Finally, we got a break in the weather and Oso Blanco and us scooted 40 miles north of Cairns to the Agincourt Reef. We anchored behind Crispin Reef. Our whaler is too heavy to unload in the still persistent swell, so Glen and I lowered our rubber di…
Diving the Great Barrier Reef
Finally, we got a break in the weather and Oso Blanco and us scooted 40 miles north of Cairns to the Agincourt Reef. We anchored behind Crispin Reef. Our whaler is too heavy to unload in the still persistent swell, so Glen and I lowered our rubber di…
