Planning

02/03/2017

Running away to sea

I’ve been thinking about my incredibly strong urge to up and leave. Ever since Matt reintroduced “The Dream” into our lives a few weeks ago, I’ve been so excited that I feel like I have ants in my pants. Sometimes I get so full of the compulsion to…

Challenges, Living aboard, Planning

07/05/2017

We bought a boat! (“You bought a boat?”)

It looks like we’ve found the boat for our adventures! It’s about 50 foot long, made of steel and the current owners want to hand over straight away – so our adventure is starting sooner than expected! Last weekend was Mayday long weekend, and there…

Boatlife, Planning

17/05/2017

Iron Will arrives

This was an awesome week for us – Iron Will arrived in Airlie Beach. The lovely previous owners sailed her up from Gladstone over the last week – and it sounds like the passage was a bit bumpy and lumpy at times! Matt caught a…

Planning

27/05/2017

Sweet Dreams

We spent our first night on board at the weekend. Matt suggested we “camp out”, so we packed our pillows and sleeping bags, a washbag and towels, an esky with food and non-alcoholic champagne PLUS a ridiculous amount of Beanie Boos, books, torches, glow in…

Kids on boats, Living aboard, Living the Dream, Planning