It's time to sail from the Whitsunday Islands up to Cairns. The only problem... it won't stop raining!
Grey and wet weather doesn't make for a whole lot of fun and the high winds meant we had to skip sailing out to the Great Barrier Reef. That was a bi...
Is there a better way to celebrate your birthday than island hopping and sailing around the Whitsunday Islands in Australia? I'm not sure there is!
Our mad dash up the Australian coast continues as we sail up to the Whitsundays and enjoy several weeks of...
You never realize just how big Australia is until you have to sail up the coast. Spoiler alert... it's big!
We started out this leg of our trip with an overnight passage up to Fraser Island. But to get into Fraser from the south, you have to cross the ...
Sailing around the world on a boat is a lot of work. Sometimes, it's more work than others. We had a stretch of about three months where it felt like we were constantly working on boat projects.
Even after Starry Horizons got a lot of TLC at The Boat Wo...
There's a lot to explore on the east coast of Australia and we began by taking the inside passage from the Gold Coast up to Moreton Bay. This was a great way to get used to life on the water again as it had been waaaay too long since we'd properly cruised...
Let's be honest, you can never talk too much about sailing! Boats and the cruising life are a constant topic of conversation out on the water. So I figured it was about time we shared one of those conversations with you!
I hosted my friends Carlos and L...
We sail around the world on a boat. And boats need LOTS of work. So when we got back to Starry Horizons after six weeks of traveling around Australia, what did we have waiting for us? You guessed it... MORE work!
Our big projects had been completed be...
We love our boat, we really do. But she was over on the East Coast of Australia and we wanted to go sailing on Ningaloo Reef on the West Coast. What to do? What to do?
It was a tough choice (not really), but we hopped on a 3 night dive charter aboard S...
Even Aussies will admit, there isn't a whole lot in the Australian Outback. But what is there, is well worth a visit. We hopped on a flight to Uluru and spent a couple memorable days being wilderness explorers.
To start things off, you have to wake up r...
After our (first) road trip in Australia was over, we spent a couple of days in Melbourne, enjoying big city life and hunting down the incredible artwork in the famous laneways. But in our hearts, we are boat people and we were ready to get back out on th...
Our road trip continues as we make it to the absolutely stunning Great Ocean Road. It may only be 151 miles (243km) long, but it quickly rose up the list to be one of the best drives we've ever done. Not only is it scenic, but it's got a great history to...
There comes a time when you're just ready to get away from boats for a while. And after a years worth of sailing, capped off by several weeks of projects, we had reached that point.
In order to recharge our batteries, we left Starry Horizons on the hard ...
Starry Horizons needed a bit of TLC so we headed up to The Boat Works in Coomera for a spa day/weeks. Tops on the to-do list was a mini electrical refit to replace our AGM batteries with Lithium. This was a complicated project that was beyond our comfort...
It is always our preference to sail, but when faced with the choice of sailing in high southerly winds and huge swells (against the EAC) or motoring in light airs, Starry Horizons became a motor boat.
We hoped that motoring would make this passage pretty ...
The next stop in our Australian Adventure takes us 40nm up the coast to Lake Macquarie. The sail was pretty easy but the entrance into the lake required us to complete our first bar crossing. These can be incredibly tricky but fortunately, Neptune decide...
For the last year, we'd had one date circled on the calendar: New Year's Eve in Sydney Harbour. And we finally made it...
David's family flew halfway around the world to join us for the holidays and we spent several weeks together exploring Australia. W...
It's always nice to get a speed boost when on a passage and the East Australian Current is about as big as they get. Sailing down from Coffs Harbour to Sydney, we went out to the 100 meter depth line and started flying. The wind was from the north and we...
This year, we chose to sail down to Australia in order to escape the South Pacific cyclone zone. And our first port of call was the beautiful Coffs Harbour.
We'd arrived just before a big front rolled through that brought southerly winds, so we ended up ...
Turns out, sailing fast is rather fun! Who knew??? After our friend Kyle left from New Caledonia it was time to get south for cyclone season so we set sail on the passage to Coffs Harbour, Australia. And it was an absolute blast!
The wind was perfect, ...
After 3 years of sailing on Starry Horizons, the time had come to replace our old AGM battery bank with something new. We were ready for Lithium.
Doing the swap over required almost a complete re-work of our 12v electrical system in order to do things pr...
Our friend Kyle visits for round 2 in the South Pacific, this time to go sailing in New Caledonia's Southern Lagoon. We'd made our way back to the main city of Noumea in order to pick him up and once he arrived, we immediately set sail out to the Amedee L...
When you think of New Caledonia and other French territories, your mind immediately goes to cheese, baguettes, wine, pate and all the other French delicacies. So imagine our surprise to find a grocery store full of Mexican food!
After redeeming ourselves...
After a rough passage from Fiji, we were looking forward to exploring a new country. We only ended up staying for 5 days, but Port Resolution in Vanuatu definitely didn't disappoint.
The big reason for visiting was the chance to hike Mt. Yasur. Oh, and ...
The time had come to depart Fiji and this time we had a bit of company. Two other Fountaine Pajot catamarans joined us for the passage over to Port Resolution, Vanuatu. But before we could clear out of Fiji, we had to celebrate the Admiral's birthday!
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