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Ep 221 | Exploring Cid Harbour and a Confused Sail to Shaw Island, Sailing Whitsundays, Australia
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Ep 221 | Exploring Cid Harbour and a Confused Sail to Shaw Island, Sailing Whitsundays, Australia

  • Apr 15, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:16:18
Ep 220 | Up the Creek, Rainy Days, Sailing Whitsundays, Australia
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Ep 220 | Up the Creek, Rainy Days, Sailing Whitsundays, Australia

After spending quite a few very rainy days sitting out the weather in Gulnare Inlet we decide to just go for it and take Peanut up the creek in search of a potential cyclone bolt hole. It’s absolutely beautiful with mangroves, Norfolk pines and giant fru...
  • Apr 08, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:15:03
Ep 219 | Running for Cover, There’s a Storm Coming! Sailing Whitsundays, Australia
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Ep 219 | Running for Cover, There’s a Storm Coming! Sailing Whitsundays, Australia

We leave Stonehaven Bay with a much cleaner bottom and sail across to Happy Bay. We don’t get to stay there long because there’s a storm brewing and we need to find a more protected anchorage. We can’t go forward because the forecasted winds are go...
  • Apr 01, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:17:56
Ep 218 | Last Minute Jobs and We’re Off Sailing in the Whitsundays, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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Ep 218 | Last Minute Jobs and We’re Off Sailing in the Whitsundays, Sailing Nutshell, Australia

With road trips, brewery visits and beer tasting over for a while, we get back to all things boaty. We fix the mizzen sail and make a new cover for the hatch, all thanks to Greg for the donation of the sail. We have a good friend on board, Simone. We hea...
  • Mar 22, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:19:03
Ep 217 | A Quick Visit to Bacchus Brewery and We Get a 10! Nutshell, Australia
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Ep 217 | A Quick Visit to Bacchus Brewery and We Get a 10! Nutshell, Australia

After arriving back at the farm, it’s a quick turnaround to swap cars and begin the drive south to Brisbane, to see our kids. It’s Christmas and whilst we are out Christmas shopping Magnus pulls in to an industrial estate and surprises me with a few a...
  • Mar 15, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:14:02
Ep 216 | Historic Outback Towns and Six Tanks Brew Pub, Across Australia Road Trip
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Ep 216 | Historic Outback Towns and Six Tanks Brew Pub, Across Australia Road Trip

Travel with us as we journey across the top of Australia, through the Northern Territory with its amazing vistas and extreme weather changes and into the state of Queensland. We visit the Six Tanks Brew Pub in Darwin and drive through many iconic Australi...
  • Mar 08, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:29:34
Ep 215 | Pioneer Tales and a Dash for the Northern Territory Border, Australian Road Trip
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Ep 215 | Pioneer Tales and a Dash for the Northern Territory Border, Australian Road Trip

We leave Broome and begin the long journey to Darwin. We’re in a bit of a hurry because we’ve got to make it through the Western Australia border before the chance of an outbreak of COVID in Queensland, which will put us into instant quarantine in Wes...
  • Mar 01, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:24:13
Ep 214 | 835kms to Brewery Number Three, Karratha to Broome | Road Trip Dash Across Australia
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Ep 214 | 835kms to Brewery Number Three, Karratha to Broome | Road Trip Dash Across Australia

We leave Karratha and after a roadside stop in the middle of nowhere with a cosy night in our new rooftop tent, we drive across the plains to Broome. In Broome, we visit Matso’s Brewery, which is number three on our list. After tasting a paddle we again...
  • Feb 16, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:16:50
Ep 213 | 550kms to Our Second Brewery, Exmouth to Karratha | Road Trip Dash Across Australia
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Ep 213 | 550kms to Our Second Brewery, Exmouth to Karratha | Road Trip Dash Across Australia

We leave Exmouth and continue to head north, past Carnarvon and end up at Karratha and the second brewery of the drive across the top of Australia the North West Brewing Company. The roads are very empty and there aren’t many people around. It’s hot i...
  • Jan 24, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:14:26
Ep 212 | Roof Top Tent Install and Our First Brewery, Road Trip Dash Across Australia
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Ep 212 | Roof Top Tent Install and Our First Brewery, Road Trip Dash Across Australia

We do last minute tasks ready for our imminent dash across the top of Australia. We’ve got about 8500 kms to travel with two border crossings and breweries to visit! Before we head off Magnus makes a quick trip to Bunnings to get bits and bobs to instal...
  • Jan 02, 2021
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:26:23
Ep 211 | A New Roof Top Tent and the Start of Our Quest for Beer, Across Australia Road Trip
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Ep 211 | A New Roof Top Tent and the Start of Our Quest for Beer, Across Australia Road Trip

With the announcement of the Western Australian borders opening, Magnus quickly booked a flight for the both of us to go over to Perth to catch up with family. We flew down to Brisbane for a couple of days to see our three daughters, then took a flight ov...
  • Dec 20, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:25:25
Ep 210 | Rebuilding the Volvo Exhaust Outlet and Other Boat Jobs, Nutshell Workshop
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Ep 210 | Rebuilding the Volvo Exhaust Outlet and Other Boat Jobs, Nutshell Workshop

Magnus heads out the back of our block to clear the track and ends up stuck in a ditch which wasn’t there the last time we were back at the farm pre Cyclone Debbie! He continues the work on Nutshell’s Volvo engine’s exhaust outlet. More components ...
  • Dec 03, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:14:23
Ep 209 | Up a Crocodile Infested River on Peanut, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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Ep 209 | Up a Crocodile Infested River on Peanut, Sailing Nutshell, Australia

Magnus is busy with jobs for Peanut and Nutshell. Peanut’s pimping continues with a new propeller guard and Magnus works on Nutshell’s new engine. It’s time for some chill time out on the water and Magnus takes the day off to go mud crabbing and fis...
  • Nov 04, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:16:30
Ep 208 | Extreme Force Winds and We’re Out Sailing in the Whitsundays, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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Ep 208 | Extreme Force Winds and We’re Out Sailing in the Whitsundays, Sailing Nutshell, Australia

We are having issues with the water pump so Magnus pulls it apart to see what the problem is and hopefully to fix it. It’s very windy in the Whitsundays with extreme gale force winds reaching up to 46 knots and we’re out in it! But, it’s just great...
  • Oct 19, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:20:57
Ep 207 | Peanut Gets a New Outboard and a Sail to Butterfly Bay, Whitsundays, Sailing Nutshell
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Ep 207 | Peanut Gets a New Outboard and a Sail to Butterfly Bay, Whitsundays, Sailing Nutshell

We drive down to Mackay to pick up our new outboard for peanut and Magnus, then head out for a test drive in the bay and through the Coral Sea Marina. Then its off for a sail to the reef, weather dependent. It’s a windy time and on the way we decide to ...
  • Sep 22, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:23:57
Answers to a lot of questions…
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Answers to a lot of questions…

  • Sep 18, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:12:56
Ep 206 | Short Sail to Funnel Bay and Start of Airlie Beach Race Week, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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Ep 206 | Short Sail to Funnel Bay and Start of Airlie Beach Race Week, Sailing Nutshell, Australia

We have been hanging out to take Nutshell out for a sail but the weather has not been kind enough. I wouldn’t say that we are fair weather sailors but huge storms hit the coast and we had to delay heading off. After much fiddling Magnus finally manages ...
  • Aug 09, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:12:17
Ep 205 | Changing the Screen on our ST60+ Wind Instrument and Other Boat Jobs, Nutshell Workshop
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Ep 205 | Changing the Screen on our ST60+ Wind Instrument and Other Boat Jobs, Nutshell Workshop

It’s a week of finishing things off, fixing stuff and finding a bargain sail! Magnus makes new stickers for Peanut. He fixes the impeller on the Honda outboard which has totally shredded! Plus, Magnus sorts out the broken ST60+ wind instrument which h...
  • Jul 28, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:18:32
Ep 204 | Odd Boat Jobs and a New Cockpit Table, Nutshell Workshop, Australia
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Ep 204 | Odd Boat Jobs and a New Cockpit Table, Nutshell Workshop, Australia

This week Peanut gets a lot of TLC. Magnus installs a rail on her to help prevent damage when she comes alongside other boats and Nutshell. Magnus installs the Dragonfly echo sounder so we can poke in to the various waterways the Kimberley and check dept...
  • Jul 16, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:14:47
Ep 203 | Gearbox Failure … Again! Time for a New Engine, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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Ep 203 | Gearbox Failure … Again! Time for a New Engine, Sailing Nutshell, Australia

And, once again, we have problems with the engine, well the gearbox actually. After Magnus had spent hours rebuilding it, it suddenly fills with water! Magnus attempts a MagGyver fix, but is it enough to get us back to Airlie Beach or will we be stranded ...
  • Jul 09, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:22:11
Ep 202 | Poking Around Anchorages in the Whitsundays, Sailing Nutshell
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Ep 202 | Poking Around Anchorages in the Whitsundays, Sailing Nutshell

Magnus wrangles a dangerous snake and saves the girls from harm at the farm. We head off to Happy Bay on Long Island in the Whitsundays, with our youngest daughter, Emily who is staying with us during the pandemic. The once popular Long island Resort is n...
  • Jul 01, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:24:11
Ep 201 | We Have a New Reefurl Furler, Sailing Nutshell, Whitsundays, Australia
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Ep 201 | We Have a New Reefurl Furler, Sailing Nutshell, Whitsundays, Australia

Magnus makes a start on converting our existing staysail into a furling one. He begins by removing the old bolt rope, which is too small, and then sewing in a new one, making various repairs to he sail along the way. We head out to Happy Bay but are thwar...
  • Jun 24, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:23:41
Ep 200 | Foraging and Fixing in the Whitsundays, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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Ep 200 | Foraging and Fixing in the Whitsundays, Sailing Nutshell, Australia

It’s time to focus on sticking Nutshell back together again. Magnus glues the opening for one of the cupboard doors in the head. He attaches new catches to many of the doors which were damaged in the explosion. He searches searches through the bits an...
  • Jun 16, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:17:55
Ep 199 | Unsafe Passage to Sawmill Bay, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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Ep 199 | Unsafe Passage to Sawmill Bay, Sailing Nutshell, Australia

  • Jun 09, 2020
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:19:04
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