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The first of the pictures are now online…

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Hluhluwe, a taste

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Busy in Adelaide

What a full on week or two! The camera is back, my tilt – shift and 800mm lenses arrived: can’t wait to play….. Took Lucia to Kindergym yesterday and daycare today. What a sweetie. Our newest grandchild arrives today and go to visit a bit later. Bob and I went to the Adelaide Central Market this morning […]

And the saga continues….

Painting and the demoulding of the forward lazarettes is completed (always a continuing saga on boats when in the tropics). In just a few minutes I will be into the bilges once again – drying the compartments and rinsing/drying/vacuum bagging the cans this time. Bob is heading out to replenish the gas bottles and doing a few of […]

Reunion Departure Preparations

A busy day as preparations for departure commenced. Boat washed inside and out, bread cooked, Rum Slice made, washing completed, Gratis packed. The replacement parts for the Gennie should have arrived. Bob up top impatiently awaiting, as everyone stops work at 4pm here – only 10 minutes to go. Adendum to that: they are arriving […]

Reunion Snapshot

So much to see, so much to do, so little time……… Yesterday we completed following the N2 and N1 highway routes. Words can’t describe some of the sights we have seen: tropical rain forest, old lava flows upon which new life already flows, highlands reminding one of the European alps, rugged mountain tops and dry arid land […]

We have arrived in Cocos

An amazing place. All one imagines a tropical Island to be. Some pics to tease. http://gratisaustralis.com/preparations/   We are working on the spiel, movies and pics. Hopefully will be ready in a week or so.