Weekend Visitors
Sarah has been very happy lately because her best friend from Brisbane, Bec, finally arrived to spend a few days with us. Sarah managed...
Gladstone Harbour Festival
We have been having a lovely time this past week, enjoying all that the festival has to offer. Better still, Tony returned home - to...
Around Gladstone
Keeping busy doing the normal land bound things. Apart from school, friends, Nathan's tennis, Sarah's hockey and tuckshop duty, we have...
Waiting for a Mooring
Looks like we will be spending some more time in the marina as Maritime Safety, the authority which "manages" ( and I mean that loosely)...
Tony turns 50!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TONY!! Celebrated at Kapers restaurant with good friends, good food and wine and plenty of fun and laughs. Ended up back...
Life is Short.....
It has been a distraught couple of weeks for us as we have just farewelled Tony's beautiful little sister, Kathryn, who sadly passed away...
Cyclonic Week
Sarah started year 9 this week - her first year at a "real" high school, rather than home schooling. Nathan commenced year 5 at Tannum...
Duyfken
Both Sarah and Nathan have now started school at Tannum Sands and are settling in amazingly quickly. Sarah is getting into the high...
Marina Life
It has been good to have a car while here (something we have never had before while in Gladstone). It sure makes grocery shopping easier,...
Midnight Motor to Gladstone Marina
Upped anchor and departed the Boyne River, negotiating the unlit channel in the wee hours of the morning. Tony was at the helm while I...
High and Dry
Up early to find ourselves perched neatly on the edge of the sandbar - thought we were on a bit of an angle! Thankfully the tide was...
Boyne Again
Had a nice sleep in this morning - no tide to catch, hills to climb, or fish to catch. Upped anchor around 0930, put out the trawling...
Welcome 2010
Today, we were thankful that Nathan is such an early bird. He went up on deck at about 0530 - to see an empty dinghy float past us! He...
Plenty of Fishing & More Sand
Once we were all up, it was off to the sand hill again for those willing. After everyone was exhausted, we went to pump yabbies for this...
Yellow Patch
The hardest part about post-Christmas was finding places to stow the new presents. This year, that included new boogie boards for the...
