Feb 15-16 Hi All, We started the travel along the Great Ocean Road: “The Great Ocean Road is an Australian National Heritage listed 243 kilometres (151 mi) stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities of Torquay and Allansford. Built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and dedicated to … Read More →

Hi All, We had a somewhat leisurely morning….at least for us on this road trip and left around 11 am. It only took an hour or so to get to our hotel about midtown Melbourne. John asks: so is the hotel full…oh yes, have been booked for a while….yes, when we booked all the hotels … Read More →

Hi All, We left the Prom cottage around 8 am and found our way into the Melbourne industrial area where we dropped off the Winslow liferaft and our Epirb. Both will get serviced and then shipped back to Mystic. We then made it to our hotel in the Yarra Valley for some wine tasting. Our … Read More →

Hi All, We were up early and ready to leave the spooky place in Thredbo….never did meet the proprietor…just plain weird and a little creepy….we think we had the place to ourselves the 2nd night….like 3 stories and 20+ rooms!!! Since we had decided to take the scenic route through Snowy National Park I thought … Read More →

Hi All, After our hiking in Tinbinbilla we left about 1:00 and got in around 4pm….not too bad, pretty much all state highways…enough time to relax and make the bar/rest around 6ish!! “Kosciuszko National Park lies in Australia’s state of New South Wales, near the Victorian border. Its rugged alpine landscape is defined by gum … Read More →

Hi All, We were feeling a bit disappointed about our Kangaroo sightings. For whatever reason we both seem fascinated by these animals. On the drive from the Blue Mountains to our hotel outside Canberra we saw maybe 3-4 but had visions of whole herds bouncing along the way. Once checked into the hotel we drove … Read More →

Hi All, We did indeed make it out of the marina last Monday but we certainly had to work for it. I ended up spending all day Sunday with a pesky watermaker issue and we did not get finished until close to midnight Sunday. Then it was up early Monday am, finished packing, some last … Read More →

Hi All, It has been 3 weeks since we made it back to Empire Marina in Bobbin Head outside of Sydney and it has…..well, been a lot of WORK…yep, the ugly four letter word…..but a little fun mixed in!!!! So, for the fun part first: After the first week on the hard we had a … Read More →

Hi All, I have finally learned how to post videos on the website, thanks Josh!! There is a good one of the start of the Hobart race on the last blog post and in this post will be several videos of the firework display on New Year’s Eve. After the race we had another very … Read More →

Hi All, Wow….what a week we have had in Sydney Harbour (Spruce and Minnie B note the spelling:)))). As many of you know, we had to work really, really hard to get here and of course, in the back of our minds, we are wondering if it was really worth it. Well…..it was soooooo worth … Read More →