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Boats In My Galley Life Aboard Musings UncategorizedAugust 16, 2022September 13, 2022

Attitude Adjustment

Returning to the boat was an experience I was heavily anticipating. 2.5 years is a long time to be away from your home and after only a single season before Covid hit. By the time we were setting off it was almost as if we were coming back to a new boat and a new…

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Boats History Inspiration Life Aboard Musings Past UncategorizedJune 27, 2022August 16, 2022

The Most Beautiful Coast: Kekova 2

After a very quick 24-hour turnaround to the town of Kas we were back in Kekova to make sure we had covered the best of it.  We needed to just do the details of life in Kas as Kekova is a little too far off the beaten track.  Poo pump out (yep, another 2 weeks…

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Boats History Inspiration Life Aboard Past UncategorizedJune 22, 2022June 27, 2022

The Most Beautiful Coast: Part 2. Kekova Roads

After a huge day sail we arrived into Kekova through a narrow entrance channel between islands. Kekova Roads is about an 8 nautical mile long waterway that is protected by Kekova Adasi (island) and the complex geography of the coast.  It has many bays and indentations and unlike the rest of Turkey the places to…

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Boats Life Aboard Musings UncategorizedMay 27, 2022June 9, 2022

Just Add Water

It’s almost impossible for me to believe I left Australia over a month ago. It’s been a wild ride before and since then. Rick and I parted ways in Hobart after I tested positive to covid despite my care before we left as I really didn’t want anything like this happening. So he headed off…

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Uncategorized VanJune 24, 2021June 29, 2021

Why on Earth are We Land Locked Instead of Ocean Bound?

Given I have decided to re-activate our blog I need to start with a big catchup of where we are and why. We are not in the Med.  We are not on our beloved Intention in Greece. We never expected this but who could have predicted anything much about the last 18 months. Firstly, let…

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We found our perfect boat and sailed in Greece and Turkey in 2019 and then COVID hit when we were back home, in Australia.  Overseas travel is a dream right now so we bought a VAN and  continue our vagabond life on the road (for the time being)

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Beach House Rebuild in Tasmania: sandtemple

The final show and tell!

The final show and tell!

So it’s time for the before and after shots of the sandtemple.  From ugly but cute to knock your sock off!  In 4 full on months with the help of many excellent contractors and friends and family and, of course, Frank who really did the lions share of the work! After faffing about with the […]

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TOP TIPS FOR TBILISI, GEORGIA

TOP TIPS FOR TBILISI, GEORGIA

Best accommodation: Airbnb.  Try this place: Keta’s apartment in Old Town The old town in Tbilisi is compact and super interesting.  We have stayed in 3 different places here and Airbnb provide the best experience for the best prices in our opinion. Best App for your phone: The Calvert Journal, Near East Travel Guide. It’s […]

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