Doing laundry in exotic locations

11 November 2012 | puaya island
11 November 2012 | bilitung
13 October 2012 | belitung
29 September 2012 | lovina
28 September 2012 | lovina
16 September 2012 | medana bay lombok
16 September 2012 | medana bay lombok
16 September 2012 | medana bay lombok
16 September 2012 | medana bay lombok
01 September 2012 | lombok
18 August 2012 | kaburia
05 August 2012 | kupang
05 August 2012 | kupang
27 June 2012 | darwin
26 June 2012 | Darwin
12 June 2012
06 June 2012 | Possession island
04 June 2012 | portland roads

cairns

16 May 2012 | marlin marina
15-20 SE wind, clear and sunny
Well once again, us entering a marina berth was cause for stress and anxiety. Wind was right up our russell, we were given a berth that was "blow on" for ease, as we are restricted in our manuverability and first pen from the end for the same reason. Unfortunately we didn't get the bow into the pen before we had blown past. EXTREMELY luckily there was no vessels in the pen next to ours, which resulted in us being in the wrong berth for the night. Hopefully the winds will be low enough for us to move around into the real berth tomorrow, to make it easy for our departure on saturday or sunday. The sail across from fitzroy was very nice, a sort of quartering downwind sort of thing. Once we got round the headland a bit the winds started gusting and dying off so we motored for the last 1.5hrs. We couldn't be bothered working the winds when we were both antsy about the marina. The girls were very good, and nicole swears that elora started to crawl today once we were in marina. I wasn't there for the 2 shuffles and elora would not do it again today. We did however make the day a complete success by having some terrific gelati at "vanilla" the shop at the marina. Alls good now (sugar calms the beast!!). Our new crewmember Kelly arrives at 6 am tomorrow. We've emptied out a few drawers in the back cabin and we are moved back into the front cabin with the girls. Ameliana is very excited that we are going to be there when she wakes up at 4.45am every single damn day. We have very busy next few days geting last stuff organised and provisioned. I'm off at6.30 in morn for a bike trip with trailer in tow to bunnings, locksmith(for engine key which got broken by accident), chandlery, post office, petrol station, Nicole and the girls are off to grocery shops, park for littlies, etc, etc, etc
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Vessel Name: Wandoo
Vessel Make/Model: Maurice Griffths Schooner
Hailing Port: brisbane
Crew: Grant, Nicole, Ameliana (3 yrs) and Elora (8 months)
About:
The 3.5 of us began our " big sailing adventure" in April 2011. We left our mooring on the Brisbane River with a dream of a 10 yr trip, taking us to North America via SE Asia. Returning to Brisbane before ameliana goes to high school. Plans change. [...]

The Wandoo Crew

Who: Grant, Nicole, Ameliana (3 yrs) and Elora (8 months)
Port: brisbane