We left San Francisco on February 10, 2010 with a plan to head south to Mexico and then make the innocently named "puddle jump" to the South Pacific (!!) this spring. From there, who knows?!?!?!? Maybe Fiji? Australia? New Zealand? For now, we're just thrilled to finally be out at sea! 
Last week, we took a trip to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary just outside of Brisbane. Along with Koalas, the LPS has a variety of other animals, reptiles and birds that are native to Australia. I was super excited to go because their website promised 1) you could hold a koala; 2) you could feed […]
Entries Tagged as 'Australia'
Who wants a Roo? (aka our trip to the Lone Pine Sanctuary)
November 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Australia, Famous Firsts, First Mates, Fun Stuff, shoe-cruising, Shore Excursions, The End
Tags: Brisbane·Kangaroos·Koalas·Lone Pine Sanctuary·wildlife
Scenes from Brisbane
November 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Australia, Beautiful, shoe-cruising
**Note – all the really great evening/night pictures were taken by JON! Can you see why we are loving it here?!?!?!? 🙂
Tags: Brisbane
Let’s say GRACE – over and over and over
November 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Australia, Cheers!!, Fellow Cruisers, Life on the Boat, Random Thoughts, Shore Excursions, Somebody likes us, The End
Happy Thanksgiving everybody!! We had a great turkey day the Aussie way, throwin’ some brats on the barbie with the only other US boat we knew in the area. It was such an enjoyable time. I felt really happy that we could still celebrate the holiday with a nice day with friends and throwing the […]
Tags: Brisbane·Holidays·thankful·thanksgiving
The good, the bad & the ugly are all, well, GOOD.
November 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Australia, Introspection, Life Lessons, Life on the Boat, Loss of a Parent, The End, Thoughts on Family
Now that we are comfortably ensconced in civilization again and able to be off the boat and in movie theaters or cafes or restaurants at a moment’s notice, and have regular internet, and no longer have to worry about the anchor dragging or sails ripping or rigging breaking or being constantly tossed around at sea, […]
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random things I was thinking about while sitting in the quarterberth listening to it rain until I realized that the lazarette was open and I had to run out in my pj’s to close it and got totally soaked
November 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Australia, Life on the Boat, Random Thoughts, The End
* starting a new blog about our “normal” life * celebrating Hanukkah (even though I’m not Jewish) * how I should never eat fish & chips again (even though they are so so so so so good, they are so so so so bad for my waistline!) * how excited I am about my new, […]
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Dear Brisbane, will you marry me?
November 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Australia, Beautiful, First Mates, shoe-cruising
After just one day of a LOT of walking around, I am SO SO SO SO SO in love with Brisbane!!! I’ve never responded to a city this way before, not even Paris, and I am a wee bit jealous that Jon will have so much more time to get to know this place. Despite […]
The end of the line.
November 11th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Australia, Cheers!!, Famous Firsts, First Mates, Our Route, Passages, The End
Brisbane. We’re here. I can’t believe it. The ultimate destination we talked about for so long. We certainly took the long way around. But, we made it. Australia.