Category: travel

  • It’s a wrap.  Season 6, 2026

    It’s a wrap. Season 6, 2026

    After leaving Santorini we spent our time managing the question ‘Do we stay in the wind or head for the heat?’ The windy Cyclades lived up to their name this year with the usual summer winds coming and going. They just seem to come more often than before. Not necessarily stronger but just with a…

  • Postcards from the Northern Ionian

    Postcards from the Northern Ionian

    We left the Gulf of Patras for the tiny island of Kastos, a long string bean of an island tucked in alongside the larger island of Kalamos. Happy days as we were off to the main town, to a stunning aquarium of an anchorage and a trip in to the bar at the Windmill that…

  • Back on the road again

    Back on the road again

    By the time we arrive on Leros, where our boat is located, it will have been nearly 7 weeks since we left our home base in Tasmania. The pack-up is always epic. The more time I have the more I find that needs doing, driving both Rick and I to distraction. When is enough actually…