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...
🏝️ 'THE GREAT ADVENTURE' Ep: 16 🏝️
After almost 2 months at sea there's a few things we were really craving, so when we saw our first boat in a looong time we did a pirate's trade... Swapping a huge Crayfish & Spanish Mackerel we had caught f...
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...
🏝️’THE GREAT ADVENTURE’ Ep: 15🏝️
Almost 2 months into 'The Great Adventure' island hopping up the coast of Australia Strick & Fran arrive at this Tropical Island and need to catch seafood to eat. Raw Crayfish for lunch and a Coral Trout ...
We were hanging around waiting for our watermaker to return from being repaired but after a week at Airlie Beach we decide it’s time to get out in the beautiful Whitsunday Islands and find our way to Marcona Inlet on Hook Island for some crabbing and bea...
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...
🏝️’THE GREAT ADVENTURE’ Ep: 14🏝️
Day 24 at Sea in the 17ft ‘Salty Dingo’ and we need some fish for food. We catch a giant up the mangroves that looks like it should be the star of Jeremy Wade’s ‘RIVER MONSTERS’ show! We then head ...
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...
🏝️’THE GREAT ADVENTURE’ Ep: 13🏝️
Day 23 at Sea, travelling through one of the most isolated stretches of water in Australia we are almost out of food and need to catch some fish. Spearfishing is out of the question here with large Crocodile...
75 days after leaving the dock to isolate afloat away from Covid our provisions were holding out but our watermaker needed attention so we sail to Karen’s home town of Airlie Beach and take a berth in a marina for the first time since heading to sea. The...
🏝️’THE GREAT ADVENTURE’ Ep: 12🏝️
Over 3 weeks at sea gets us to some of the most remote tropical islands of Australia and things start to get wild! Big Crocodiles force us to move campsite only to find the next one surrounded by a Big Hamme...
Have you ever wanted to be in a David Attenborough nature documentary? Well this is what it would be like!
After 23 days at sea we find the this little slice of natural paradise on the middle of the Great Barrier Reef and go spearfishing for the most badas...
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...
WE LOSE THE BOAT! Our Worst Nightmare.
On Episode 10 of The Great Adventure we find an amazing mangrove inlet where we try hand-spear and grab Mangrove Jacks before noticing our worst nightmare... the boat has drifted away from the Island and we're strande...
We have re-evaluated our plans and decided to start looking at our never ending boat list of chores. With majority of the wiring on the boat being absolutely chaotic we attempt to gain some order. In the process of fixing our manual bilge pump we have foun...
Join in this episode as we rock and roll our way from Goldsmith Island to Long Island in the heart of the Whitsundays.
We anchor off the mothballed Happy Bay Resort with excellent protection from the approaching strong south easterly winds. Karen spent ma...
🏝️’THE GREAT ADVENTURE’ Ep: 9🏝️
After a couple of weeks at sea we head out to one of the most least accessed areas of the Great Barrier Reef spearfishing for some elusive species. The fish life we find is incredible which makes for a delicio...
🏝️’THE GREAT ADVENTURE’ Ep: 8🏝️
After 2 weeks at sea we find an uninhabited island that has so much cool stuff to explore... Eagle's nests, a Crocodile Colosseum and a spooky natural Aquarium. Lucky the fishing here is good, as we are relyi...
Sailing north through Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Islands, we discover a new ‘to us’ anchorage that very quickly becomes a candidate for the ‘Our Favourite Island’ title. Yes OK. It’s hard to stick with one favourite when the Great Barrier ...
🏝️’THE GREAT ADVENTURE’ Ep: 7🏝️ (Shark Bites Fin While Spearfishing)
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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...
🏝️ THE GREAT ADVENTURE EP: 6 🏝️
Spearfishing for our food, we arrive at this beautiful tropical island where we cookup a Fish & Chips Burger Back 2 Basics Style! Some amazing history from the Captain Cook's first Voyage to Australia, doing th...
THE GREAT ADVENTURE EP: 5 (Day 8 and 200 miles at sea)
Growing up I'd heard about a group of reefs that were spoken about like the promised land... crystal clear water and huge plentiful fish! I never thought I'd get the chance to get out to them in my own...
Serendipidy brings sailing family together reunited
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We sailed 79 miles to Brampton Island from Middle Percy Island to shelter from a strong blow coming from the South East. After sitting out days of wind and rain secure in the anchorage, we were rewarded with some perfect days to enjoy this tropical oasis. ...
🏝️THE GREAT ADVENTURE EP: 4🏝️
We continue exploring North and find a tiny sand cay on the middle of the ocean to have raw fish for lunch before finding a bigger uninhabited Island to setup camp on. Fishing to catch our dinner and living from the ...
On Episode 3 of 'The Great Adventure' Strick & Fran find another uninhabited island to setup camp and go in search of giant Mud Crabs for food. Getting Back 2 Basics and surviving from the ocean.
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Hi guys...... Ok I know we have been slack, and it been a while since our last video, this footage is from back in August 2018, but the good news is that its finally here.
This week Kieran's Brother Bryce joins the adventure whilst Leeann is in Ireland vi...
Who said you can't do a law degree from a boat? We rock back up to Nakama after some time away, a couple of things have changed. Slims started his law degree, we got an autohelm and well Soph stepped on a screw? We head over to South Stradbroke Island whil...
4 MONTHS, 120 DAYS AT SEA LIVING FROM A 17ft BOAT.
The past few years I've been living in the same place and started to feel that the adventures were becoming a bit too familiar and comfortable, I was craving a true adventure to be pushed out of my comfort...
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...
4 MONTHS, 120 DAYS AT SEA LIVING FROM A 17ft BOAT
The past few years I've been living in the same place and started to feel that the adventures were becoming a bit too familiar and comfortable, I was craving a true adventure to be pushed out of my comfort ...
After a relaxing stop on our Whitby 42 ketch in the Duke Island Group, we sail to Middle Percy Island, THE must visit destination high on all Australian cruisers' bucket list and check out the iconic ‘Percy Island Yacht Club’ A-Frame. Visiting yachties...
Yep, we crashed our drone on Christmas day. A slight interruption into our usual videos, we jump into the future for a Christmas Day special. We hop aboard the Najad 49 in our family and sail out to South Solitary Island where we loose our dear drone. We s...
G'day to all our mates out there!
Follow Az on an overnight camping trip on his new ocean kayak through tropical islands. "We had to eat our fishing bait, found one coconut tree, ate oysters fresh from the rocks and cooked squid on the fire." Shane "Dange...
Sail with us on a 46 nautical mile passage amongst Australia’s Great Barrier Reef when the weather forecast said mild conditions but the sea decided otherwise. Sailing north from Great Keppel Island, we experience unexpected high wind gusts and big swell...
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