After much deliberation by Zeus the winner of the Advance Review Copy of HALF MOON BAY is Cath Evans. It took Capt G a while to unstick the winner’s name from Zeus’s nose after the salty sea dog buried his head in the hat! Cath, please send me your postal address and I’ll put it in Continue reading
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Where have I been? You work it out!
It’s Zeus here. Yep, I hate to admit it, but Helene lost the plot so it’s up to me to sort out… She ended up so caught up in the journey she forgot to post more “Where’s Zeus” photos for my giveaway. To salvage something from the wreckage here’s the deal. (It’s the least I Continue reading
We will remember
For the ANZACs and all those who have defended our way of life in so many battles, we honour you. We will remember.
Just around the corner…
For a journey of so many firsts it was appropriate that Capt G should catch a Spanish Mackerel on our last day at sea. It’s been an ongoing joke that trips to the supermarket don’t qualify as hunter gathering skills… So tonight we’re moored at Fitzroy Island. We watched the sun go down over Cape Continue reading
Island of Dreams
Fifteen years ago when I first landed at Dunk Island, a tiny slice of paradise half way between Cairns and Townsville, I was a newly qualified First Officer on a Twin Otter. I was mesmerised by the azure water, the tropical gardens and the tiny sunbirds nesting underneath the roof of the bush terminal. Capt Continue reading
Sublime to the ridiculous
The morning started at 4 am with a local tinnie driver doing a donut around Roo Bin Esque. Luckily I wanted to watch a meteorite shower so I was happy to be awake. Sadly the clouds had other ideas and for once the stars and meteorites were hidden from sight. Dawn broke with a sigh Continue reading
Today’s score card
Zeus the salty old sea dog was awarded a perfect 10 for his entry into the dingy. His dismount is a little more problematic. Capt G received an ‘A’ for effort with his casting ability. Sadly not even hitting the fish on the head with the lure resulted in a fish dinner… I received a Continue reading
Success!
For the first two weeks of our adventure the winds blew 20 to 30 kts and we had no need of our light air sail. For the last few days we’ve been drifting with winds below 10 kts, but we didn’t have all the gear to hoist our gennaker and had no idea how it Continue reading
Rocks look different at sea level
So many of the most beautiful moments of this trip have been seeing places at sea level instead of from fifteen to twenty-five thousand feet strapped in a pressurised flight deck. I’ve spent fifteen years flying from Cairns to Brisbane and back and have driven the roads many times, but on this trip I’ve been Continue reading
Catch ups.
I hate to compress any of this wonderful journey but writing a blog a night was barely keeping my head above water – and no that doesn’t mean the bilge pumps have stopped working! The three days without internet occurred at a time when I most wanted to shout to the world, ‘Look, isn’t this Continue reading