After our time in Lake Macquarie, David and I looked at the weather. We needed to be at The Boat Works by Feb 19th for our big boat project, and the winds were blowing the wrong direction – north – for us to get there. However, coming up we had a window of a few…
While at The Boat Works, David and I had a long list of projects to tackle. One of my big ones was replacing our lifelines with fancy new Dyneema lifelines. What is a lifeline? Lifelines are wires or lines that run around the edges of your deck. These are designed to prevent you from falling…
Starry Horizons is over three years old, and that meant our liferaft, a VIKING RescYou™ liferaft, 6 person model, was due for a liferaft servicing. Getting your liferaft serviced is fascinating. We got to watch Graham from MarineSafe pop open our liferaft. He inflated it using the shop’s pump, and then he gave us a tour,…
Starry Horizons is not overly burdened with toys. A lot of our space seems to be taken up with spare parts and safety gear instead of toys, but we have been carrying an inflatable kayak around for the past three years. Disclaimer: The products mentioned in this post were received at a discounted rate. We were psyched…
I have very bad news for you. Let me just get this painful part out of the way; I can not narrow down this trip for you. I can not give you highlights. Because every single place we went to on our trip for 6 weeks in Australia was AMAZING. Despite ending on a low note…
Public Transport to Rottnest There are several ferry services to get to Rottnest. We would have liked to book a ferry + bike combo, but they were sold out already. I bought us ferry-only tickets for the express ferry, leaving Fremantle B Shed at 10:15 am. We took the Transperth train from our lovely Airbnb…
I knew going into this trip that 6 weeks traveling around Australia was a lot of traveling to plan. I fully expected that something would go wrong. I just didn’t expect everything to go wrong in one week! Booking a Whale Shark Swim The first trouble was back when we were in Bondi. We’d just committed to…
I pulled the big picture book off the shelf and leafed through the brightly printed, glossy pages. We’re staying in Adelaide with our friends Tony and Sara. Tony’s an avid diver and diving instructor. The book I’m flipping through is photographs and stories of the world’s best dives. In Australia, the book says the Great…