Hello from Trogir (Just north of Split) Tuesday the 15th of April. Well I am sitting in my nice warm saloon with the heater running, nice hot cup of coffee, Debsy is tucked up in bed with her coffee and her book and the girls are sound asleep and it is ten past nine in the morning. Any idea what the weather might be like outside?? Listen intently and you can hear the wind howling through the rigging and the sound of rain falling onto the deck, if you try hard you might also feel the boat rocking beneath you. All in all, not one of the nicest mornings we have had. Being very fair though, we are looking out over the very famous town of Trogir, a UNESCO World Heritage Listed site, but more of ... read more

Hello Everyone, Just a very quick hello to say we are now on the boat, had a long but enjoyable bus trip yesterday and arrived late last night. Spent the night on the boat and the day going into the markets and provisioning her. The boat is beautiful. We are heading out into the Kornati Island group which is very remote and very few,if any facilities so it might be a few days before we get a chance to do a big blog!!!. We have our crew caps courtesy of Lloyd, Angelic, Rubes and Phoebe as well as our special Pirate boarding party suit courtesy of Mick, Trace, Herb, Di & Laurie so we have most bases covered. We are also flying the aussie flag and listening to John Williamson!!! Catch you all soon. Lots of ... read more

Hello everyone, just a very, very short blog to send our congratulations to some sporting greats of Coffs Harbour that we have heard about since we have been away!!! Firstly Britt Ainsworth has been selected in the NSW Under 16 Basketball Team - Congratulations Britt, exceptional result and we send you our best wishes for a brilliant future. Jordy Black has been chosen in the Northern N.S.W PSSA Basketball team, well done Jordy, you too seem destined to a great future in a sport you are excelling in. Last but not least, the brilliant crew of 'Nina' the Beneteau 41 has won the Coffs Harbour Yacht Club 2007-2008 Offshore Series today (Thursday). Skippered brilliantly by Chris Stratton, Nina and her crew held on to win the series for a 2nd year in a row by the ... read more

Gutentag von Nurnberg Day three in Nurnberg saw us having breakfast with Martin and Gisela and being exposed to some very strange names for food as we know it back home. What we call croissants at home are called ‘bambergers’. Bambergers are pronounced ‘bumburgers’ which of course I found, with my warped sense of humour, to be very amusing. Bumburgers and red currant jam for brekkie was a big hit. Martin and Gisela very kindly chose to take us into the old part of the city of Nurnberg to show us around and help us learn about where they live. Very briefly, Nurnberg is a medieval city, which started being built about 1050 and is what we would call, a walled city. The city walls would have to be about 40 metres thick and about the ... read more

Last days in Prague Happy Easter!! Well the good news is that the Easter bunny is alive and well in Prague and the girls woke up to find all sorts of chocolate delights ready and waiting for Dad to devour! Ahh but first one has to earn their little rewards and it was time to pull on the running shoes, rug up with the thermals and head out for our Czech version of boot camp. Nik and I headed off for a run, quite early in the morning and it was a tad cold to say the least. Pretty neat being able to run along the river and up through a castle and then back through the old town area. Pretty memorable run I have to say, all the time being spurned on by the words ... read more