11/1/2022 0 Comments Slapdash sailingOne of the highlights was sailing into Sydney in time to witness the start of the Sydney Hobart Race, the New Year's fireworks, the free Emmylou Harris and Los Lobos concerts, and topping it all off, a Jimmy Buffett concert at the Opera House. But we're making ends meet while enjoying the great cruising and hospitality. However, I'd forgotten how stinking expensive it is here in Australia! And costs have nearly doubled during my 15-year absence. In any event, I've recently run into lots of old friends from the Pacific, and have made heaps of new ones. It was there that we bought our current boat. Readers may remember that back in '95 I bought Carol Post's Islander 37 pilothouse Beche de Mer in Honolulu, then headed north to Guam in '97 before sailing all the way around to the U.S. SLAPDASH SAILING FULLArrrrr Boy - Stuart - has completed a full year in public school, while I've stayed busy doing deliveries up and down the east coast of Australia and around the Western Pacific. Cath loves being home for a change, and has renewed her star status by hosting a breakfast radio show and doing some television work on the Queensland coast. We're about halfway through our three-year grace period of not having to import Gallivanter into Australia. With reports this month from Gallivanter in Australia from Medusa on a young woman cruising alone an interview with Fatty Goodlander on youthful liveaboard Alana Marie-Greenfield from Slapdash on circumnavigating with a small cat and Cruise Notes. Missing the pictures? See our June 2012 eBook!
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