The dock lines are free and we are back in the Wetsundays again. After 3 1/2 months, 2 cyclones and 2 trips away from Opal Lady we left the marina last Thursday with friend, Graeme aboard. Very fitting that the man who wrote the song A Little Further N…
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Safely back in the water!
Well the week turned out to be nearly exactly as planned. Once out of the water the travel lift guys began the high pressure wash down and when they asked were we happy, Alan asked if he could have a go, and with the gun in hand, gave the keel co…
Getting ready for a Bum Clean!
As Monday nears closer we are compiling a variety of items in the lazarette in preparation for our haul out at 7am!! Shock horror! What a ghastly hour of the morning, but we will do it! On the upside, it will be cooler then and as we are doing all the …
Tropical Cyclone Yasi
Within days of T/C Anthony, Tropical Cyclone Yasi hit, devastating one of our favourite towns, Cardwell. Cardwell is our grocery stop whilst we are at Hinchinbrook Island.
We further prepared Opal Lady, adding our 20mm thick storm boards to the saloon …
Tropical Cyclone Anthony
We await the first of two cyclones to pass, the first to the north of us, around Bowen expected tomorrow or early Monday morning. The second is forecast to pass to the south, near Gladstone on Wednesday. Other than removing our awning from the bow we a…
Waters Rising
We have landed in Brisbane yesterday amidst the worst floods since 1974, the devastation is widespread. We are staying out of harms way and will be flying back to the boat later in the week.
Meanwhile this month Alan has made it into the latest edition…
Cape Upstart to Mackay – December 2010
With the bad weather expected in a few days we left Cape Upstart and spent the next day getting to Gloucester Passage where we found a quiet anchorage inshore of the moorings that belong to the Eco Resort.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
We have left Opal Lady snug in a northern marina before jumping on a Qantas flight back to Newcastle to enjoy Christmas with the Family. We are now once again looking over beautiful Lake Macquarie from a different perspective . . . from a house perched…
Heading South
We finally threw the dock lines and crept out of the marina pen in the wee small hours of the morning, going through the tunnel of navigation lights that make up the Cairns Harbour channel. It was 2 weeks after arriving back from the Louisiades and wit…
The Louisiades Part 2
So its taken a little longer… . . . .
15th September
During the last 24 hours at sea we encountered many ships on their way through the Jomard Passage. This is the major shipping channel for ships transitting through PNG to the Southern Hemisph…
