With the Sydney charter season winding up on my (Matt’s) contract on the good ship LANCE in mid-May I headed back to the Sunshine Coast for a quick visit to see mum and borrow the car for a week (because that’s what sons do 😉 ) and head back to Bundaberg to put the finishing touches on the old girl which included the antifoul work, installation of the new prop and alternator, general tidy-up and get her ready to sail….

 

It was an excellent summer on a great yacht and kick-ass crew, and was also good to catch up with the usual suspects, you know who you are, over the summer.  Some good nights and had a few games of golf thrown in for good measure.

 

Lia joined me in Bundaberg a week later on the 24^th May after finishing up her last tour guiding contract and a few well-deserved days rest in Sydney.  Always a last-minute rush, but though no time frame for the next 12 months we were keen to get away and head north for our circumnavigation of Australia, with the aim of getting to Perth late 2025 or early the next.  When in Perth we will look at our budget and decide on how long we stay in the area, find more work or push on to Tasmania.   We shall see…..

 

Its now Thursday the 29^th of May.  A few days later than expected with some installation delays, but today we depart the berth and go to and anchor and do the last-minute preps for a sparrow’s fart departure tomorrow morning heading north.  Fingers crossed with the weather, but next stop Airlie Beach……. Here we go again 😉

 

Watch this space and wish us luck….