Running away to sea

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…

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

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…

Iron Will arrives

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…

Sweet Dreams

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…