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    Humping Turtles & an Underwater Playground | Lady Musgrave You Absolute Treat

    / November 17, 2020 / 1 Comment

    Food – check. Water – check. Fuel – check. Top notch weather forecast – check It was time to put our big kid pants on for an overnight voyage to the Bunker Group.…

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    The Great North Escape & A Pocket Full of Sunshine | We Found Paradise!

    / October 13, 2020 / 0 Comments

    Before the break of dawn we made our escape. We wove our way out through the anchorage in Horseshoe Bay with the promise of light winds to make our way south. Ahhhh empty…

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    Oops We Did It Again | Hop, Skip & a Jump to Mackay

    / June 29, 2020 / 2 Comments

    Last year our passage leaving Island Head Creek was one to remember. What started as no wind, quickly became 30 knots and 3 to 4 metre seas. Good times. This year, we left…

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    Who Let the Pirates Out?! | Northbound 2.0

    / June 10, 2020 / 2 Comments

    Can you smell it?? The oh so sweet smell of freedom with just a hint of no marina fees. Ahhhh. Breathe it in baby because we are on our way! Voyage 2.0 begins.…

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    A Little Reflection & A Whole Lot of Gratitude | 2019

    / January 23, 2020 / 3 Comments

    Looking back, our first sailing season seemed a little short lived. Everything happened so fast as we learnt how to keep our home afloat! But we made it!! 2019. WHAT A YEAR. But…

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    A Fiesta of Frolicking, Fish, Feasts & Fun! | The Magic of Percy Island

    / October 30, 2019 / 0 Comments

    Here we are, right where you left us. Sitting nearly 70NM SE of Mackay in the Percy Isles. Really not a bad place to be. Time to leave South Island and go and…

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    A Little Bit of Hexham in My Life, A Little Bit of Percy By My Side | Let’s Go Sailing!

    / October 22, 2019 / 0 Comments

    After a week of waiting for wind in Island Head Creek, two very well-fed sailors were itching to head off. We sat tight for a big southerly blow then took our chances on…

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    Catch n’ Cook At Island Head Creek | One Fish, Two Fish, Three Fish, MORE!

    / October 9, 2019 / 2 Comments

    Casting away from the dock at Rosslyn Bay knowing it was just the two of us for a while was such a mix of emotions. The voyage north continues. Just us and our…

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    Complete Novices to Competent Crew | Learning to Sail Course

    / April 10, 2018 / 0 Comments

      A bright and sunny October morning greeted us at the Rosslyn Bay yacht club where we would begin our our RYA competent crew passage down the East Coast of Australia. Our learning…

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