Category Archive

Rodrigues to Mauritius and Mauritius to Reunion On

The last of our Indian Ocean Crossings have now been placed on board. We will now commence adding the excursions we took whilst on the Cocos Keeling, Rodrigues, Mauritius and Reunion www.gratisaustralis.com/rodrigues-to-mauritius/ www.gratisaustralis.com/mauritius-to-reunion-day-1/ www.gratisaustralis.com/mauritius-to-reunion-day-2/

More French Odyssey online

Check out the Page on France

Our journey from Ile de la Reunion to Richards Bay, South Africa Online

www.gratisaustralis.com/category/indian-ocean/ And for other news: More sanding for Bob on the cabin sides. After two days of hard slog sanding, I have commenced varnishing and painting the galley.

More of our 2014 Indian Ocean Crossing Online

Our Cocos Keeling to Rodrigues journey is on board at last: www.gratisaustralis.com/category/indian-ocean/ Check out the recipes we made along the way: www.gratisaustralis.com/category/recipes/  

Working on the Midi and Cocos Pictures

Another sneek preview of the pics to come.

Flores to La Rochelle now on.

At last!!!! Last year’s epic ocean crossing of 7,500nm+ is now fully on board. www.gratisaustralis.com/flores-the-azores/ www.gratisaustralis.com/5770-2/ www.gratisaustralis.com/flores-the-azores-to-la-rochelle-france/  

Martinique to Flores, the Azores Now Oneline

www.gratisaustralis.com/martinique-2/ www.gratisaustralis.com/martinique-to-guadeloupe/ www.gratisaustralis.com/guadeloupe-to-flores-the-azores/

Saint Helena to Barbados

The pages for our sail from Saint Helena to Barbados and Barbados are no online. Click on the links below. www.gratisaustralis.com/saint-helena-to-barbados/ www.gratisaustralis.com/barbados/   http://www.gratisaustralis.com/category/atlantic/  

Our Saint Helena Journey Is All On the Blog

The link is below: www.gratisaustralis.com/?cat=263

South Africa to Saint Helena Now Online

For the read, click the link below. www.gratisaustralis.com/?cat=258

Gratis, The Beginning

  At long, long, last, the story and pics are on. www.gratisaustralis.com/?page_id=2774

Durban to Cape Town Now Online

You can now read about our legs from Durban to Cape Town. For ease, click the link below. www.gratisaustralis.com/?cat=222     Images are available in the shop for purchase: www.gratisaustralis.com/?post_type=product If there are any that you would like and they are not there, please don’t hesitate to contact us in order to purchase a copy.

Story of Gratis

Our girl’s story is almost ready for the blog. I am resizing the images and Bob just has a couple of sections to add.

St Lucia Wetlands, Bayete Zulu Elephant Interaction, Imfolozie Game Park, Richards Bay to Durban, and Ushaka Marine World Online

  We now have St Lucia Wetlands, Bayete Zulu Elephant Interaction, Imfolozie Game Park, Richards Bay to Durban, and Ushaka Marine World online. Some of the boat work images are also up. The links are: www.gratisaustralis.com/?cat=222 www.gratisaustralis.com/?cat=220

Zama Zulu Cutural Village and Hluhluwe Animal Park Pics and Story Online

Check the South Africa Page to see our visit to Zama Zulu Cutural Village and Hluhluwe Animal Park.

New Look Blog

We are in the process of rearranging the blog page. These changes will assist the page in loading much faster. Many thanks to Naomi and Tom for helping us see where we have been going wrong.

Rum Slice

2 cans condensed milk 2 cups coconut + extra for the top 2 heaped dessertspoons margarine (I use nuttalex original where possible) or butter 2 packets nice or arrowroot biscuits (gluten free equivalent works well as well) crushed 2 cups rum (beware: I have discovered Bob comes along and adds more!!!) 400 grams highest cocoa […]

Happy New Year, 2016
A Bit More Work On All Fronts

The spiel and pics are gradually coming along. Finished the write up on Salses yesterday and the St Helena images are almost completed with the resizing: it’s a slow progress as the work on Big G comes first.   This week the painting will be close to completed.   Some phone images from Sicily. So […]

Page Issues

Our page detailing the trip for this year is causing issues as a result of the images being too large. It is currently taken off the site. You will also find many images on the snippets page have disappeared as I have totally removed them. At the moment the images are in the process of being […]