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It’s finally time to install the two new sinks in Nutshell’s galley.
This is something which we have wanting to do for a very long time. We were restricted by the state of the plumbing underneath and also the fact that we hadn’t been able to really ...
It’s time to get Nutty back in the water and where she belongs.
We leave Rosshaven Marine and head back over to Magnetic Island. Then it’s back to Townsville again to pick up parts and explore the Strand foreshore.
Magnus starts on the ‘simple’ j...
Now that we have our new sails we can finally install the headsail furling Reefurl Furler.
It’s simple to install and is provided with easy to follow instructions. Nothing has been left to chance.
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Until next time…
Wendy and Mag...
We’re up on the hard at the Rosshaven Marine boatyard. It’s time to sort the new sails out.
Magnus begins by putting the new staysail on the Reefurl furler which we installed quite some time ago in 35 knot winds!
Meanwhile Wendy is busy painting the ...
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Nutshell gets hauled out of the water and is given a good clean.
It’s time to dig deep to find our painting supplies in the starboard aft cabin, ‘the shed’.
Magnus goes about checking the through hull and finds that the one in the gall...
We head off for the long walk up to the historic forts on Magnetic Island.
It’s worth the hike, if only for the amazing view from the top.
On Sunday we take a look at the little market on the beach.
Then it’s time to say goodbye to Magnetic Island a...
It’s time to work on the solar regulars for Nutshell. Magnus does the install and wiring and we now have high tech stuff on Nutshell!
We leave Bowen and make our way to Cape Upstart and check out the little beach and the ‘beach shacks’ which line th...
We go ashore and explore Grassy Island and then slowly make our way up the coast to Gloucester Island.
There’s a great pub nearby at Dingo Beach, but unfortunately we can’t stop there because the tides are not in our favour.
A lovely sail…
Thanks ...
We leave the Great Barrier Reef and head back towards Airlie Beach. We stop on the way for a night at Black Island.
After a couple of days of sorting stuff, installing a new water filter and tidying up the saloon, we finally actually leave and head north!...
We leave the beautiful Langford Island and Langford Reef and make our way out to the Great Barrier Reef, namely, Bait Reef and Hook Reef.
Nutshell gets a good clean and we take Peanut out and about to look around and to try and find a pathway through the ...
It’s day one and we head to the public jetty to fill Nutshell with water and give her a final wash-down before heading off on our sail to the Great Barrier Reef.
It’s a shakedown cruise for us to make sure that Nutty is safe and ready for our imminent...
It’s only a matter of days now before we sail away on Nutshell.
There’s still so much to do but we have decided that we are just going to go and we’ll work out the details along the way! Like they say, sailing is just fixing things in exotic locatio...
Sit back and relax as we take you on a delightful bush walk up to the Hill Inlet lookout. Hill Inlet is at the northern end of Whitsunday Island and the view of Whitehaven Beach and the Inlet is absolutely breathtaking. So, it’s no surprise that Whitehav...
We leave the unimpressive Shaw Island and have a wonderful sail to Chalkies Beach which is opposite the world famous Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsundays.
The planning for this trip is very intense as Magnus does the maths and checks it twice to ensure tha...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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