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Road Tripping! A different view. . .


Whilst Opal Lady enjoyed our berth at the Hillarys Yacht Club, we offered 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. Also on board was Graeme’s wife, Lyn and Gary, Chris and Dave as support. It was a 2500klm trip from Perth to Bunbury, Merredin, Kalgoorlie, Esperance, and Albany.   We thoroughly enjoyed the break and the concerts every night, the beautif…

Road Tripping! A different view. . .

Whilst Opal Lady enjoyed our berth at the Hillarys Yacht Club, we offered 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 m…

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. …

Hillarys Yacht Club

We have arrived at Hillarys Boat Harbour, just north of Perth and we are tied to the marina preparing to wash and polish the salt from the decks. Our last marina visit was May this year when we left Cairns! So it will be great to use marina water to wa…

Hillarys Yacht Club


We have arrived at Hillarys Boat Harbour, just north of Perth and we are tied to the marina preparing to wash and polish the salt from the decks. Our last marina visit was May this year when we left Cairns! So it will be great to use marina water to wash instead of our home made water! The couple of weeks at the Abrolhus Islands was beautiful, the wildlife throughout the Abrolhus Islands was magnificent.   Above: There are over 100 islands that contain the temporary homes for the Crayfisherm…

Hillarys Yacht Club

We have arrived at Hillarys Boat Harbour, just north of Perth and we are tied to the marina preparing to wash and polish the salt from the decks. Our last marina visit was May this year when we left Cairns! So it will be great to use marina water to wa…

Enjoying the Reef!

We are still at Wann Islet, Abrolhus Is enjoying a well earned break after travelling pretty full on since we left King George River, 1717 nautical miles ago on the 13th August.

The whales have provided some entertainment early one morning, on the o…

Enjoying the Reef!


We are still at Wann Islet, Abrolhus Is enjoying a well earned break after travelling pretty full on since we left King George River, 1717 nautical miles ago on the 13th August. The whales have provided some entertainment early one morning, on the outside of the reef near us. Alan went upstairs early to make a cuppa and then came running back with the camera in hand. He thought he would get a bettter photo out of the porthole above our bed.   Note the reef between the whale and us!   Amazing …

Enjoying the Reef!

We are still at Wann Islet, Abrolhus Is enjoying a well earned break after travelling pretty full on since we left King George River, 1717 nautical miles ago on the 13th August.

The whales have provided some entertainment early one morning, on the o…