tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77889372939447290712024-03-13T23:03:54.324-07:00Sheer TenacityRod and Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981425397910767563noreply@blogger.comBlogger264125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788937293944729071.post-30366202063684958912023-10-13T08:04:00.001-07:002023-10-13T08:04:37.011-07:00Kgalagadi Trip April 2023<p> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">This trip
was originally planned, booked, and paid for in 2019, to take place for Mary’s
70<sup>th</sup> Birthday treat in June/July2020! However, the best made plans
etc…. Covid came along a couple of weeks
before departure, and all travel was stopped & game Parks closed, along
with a host of other daft ANC rules, the list being both too long, and too
unbelievable to include in this post!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">We had to
postpone the trip, and rebook for the following year. This booking too had to
suddenly get postponed again, when Mary was rushed into hospital for a right
hemicolectomy. Fortunately, the bowel tumour was removed before it had spread
or metastasized, and biopsies confirmed that she had no signs off cancer at
all! The surgeon said it was only a matter of weeks! The rebooked trip for
2022, again had to be delayed as Mary struggled to recover from some maxio-facial
surgery, which got infected, so shortly after her earlier abdominal surgery,
and did not feel up to sleeping in roof tents &bush camping! So, we rebooked the trip for April 2023. I
should also like to point out, that having paid for the trip in 2019, did not
exempt us from having to pay the 10 % annual price increase each year, despite the
fact that they had been sitting with our money for 4 years!! So we renamed the
trip “Rod & Mary’s Wedding Anniversay” trip, and upgraded our bookings
to include as many ”luxury” Wilderness camps as possible. These included
Kielkrankie, Urikarus honeymoon suite, Mata Mata Riverside cottages, a couple
of days in the Nossob Premier Campsites (with own ablutions & covered
kitchen area, our favourites),Grootkolk, Gharagab, then back to Nossob Premier
sites! A magic itinerary!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">However,
even this trip was put in jeopardy with my own diagnosis in January, of
inoperable lung cancer, which called for a steady regime of chemotherapy every
3 weeks, for 8 cycles, to enable ct scans to monitor effectiveness.
Fortunately, the oncologist worked the chemo sessions around our Kalagadi
bookings, and encouraged us to go! We managed the full 3 week holiday, and had
a fantastic time, with some special sightings, an overview of which we will include below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYRTLbuX8khNJ-ee0w04657VUttu_qJ84-gU8_48nqs8a1vJvAKxNh-RUHTJ6S544KHwfkYtp0cZQJY3uZ_3KCNsTPa0NnfwkJxi-q5QU5d5Klcig2ncqH67UBi_GYSiFel5MEeJcRsThGznmj9yw3J7sCBR7L02d67rVEt5GBjqCJT7J1VX9LNvGdqE/w400-h300/P1050477.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The park was originally named the Kalahari Gemsbok Park.<br />It is now called the Kgalagadi Transfontier Park which we first<br /> visited nearly 40years ago</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6EgBXBQFy4mL4kxeXHeK9DMSfcH-8CFJHQH0TwrHNR78f3CGAjjwl3oHyQAVNTqBJgBtaQONzO59JSGFguow2L-0fBrrUm55J1MsTUlIOTFFo1tmqz_ca0bega3fM2vC86SPVm3hjCWSKyoIN-GR7RemRl8iP6DAxhBrWkuJr1alB9J560ai-7aHqcA/s4000/P1050469.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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saying farewell to Simon & Bridget at Okaukuejo, we set off for Windhoek.
Once she started, “Priscilla’s” next problem was to get moving from standstill,
but once she got going, things were ok! The trip down to Windhoek was
uneventful. We spent the night at the Dan Viljoen Game Park, and early next
morning set off in search of Land Rover Windhoek. Our biggest challenge was
trying to cross a busy intersection on a slight uphill, while the lights were
still green! I eventually had to resort to doing so in Low Range! We found Land Rover Windhoek, but sadly,”
Priscilla’s” ailments were way beyond their abilities, and R3500 later, we had
to find someone who actually could work on a 15-year-old Discovery! We luckily
found “British 4 x4”, a father & son team who were brilliant! They had all the right equipment, and
knowledge, spending the entire next day going through every possible cause,
before finally finding the problem, and replacing the electronic air filter
sensor, which he salvaged from an old Disco in his yard, for just such a case!
R2000 later, we departed with “Priscilla” behaving like a F1! Happy Days! We
could resume or trip through the Namib, Naukluft etc as planned!</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Our first
stop over was at Spitzkoppen, a magnificent geological formation, with some
equally spectacular camping sites.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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camped, before leaving for Sesriem, the set off point for the 65km trip to Sossusvlei.
Although we had been there once before 20 years ago, the visit had been cut
short by a horrendous dust storm, despite the pan being full of water; its once-in-an-18-year
event! Hence this repeat visit., where one usually leaves before dawn, to get
the best morning light on the dunes. They did not disappoint us! But this time
it was dry as it is most of the time.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8sGxcAXiGw_tw1XDx-tY2HMRKba-xe0JVmYGjzNTfAixIsJYTxyD_oTYB-er3nCSJiHkflFbbYFfIEijSX071B8POD4nSJRk7qspQaWNUog5M19K05wmu_apOhFns0qxtFER9msxv2rNXboQK5qfFe-SqKMCVxtO-E7wpJb2iO7euSzpePhSguKQEGQ/s5312/20190611_075943.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8sGxcAXiGw_tw1XDx-tY2HMRKba-xe0JVmYGjzNTfAixIsJYTxyD_oTYB-er3nCSJiHkflFbbYFfIEijSX071B8POD4nSJRk7qspQaWNUog5M19K05wmu_apOhFns0qxtFER9msxv2rNXboQK5qfFe-SqKMCVxtO-E7wpJb2iO7euSzpePhSguKQEGQ/w400-h225/20190611_075943.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmreGRifo6na3N9SFpBXuR21oAasJ7s3GrzP6sGEcPYTtup3a8X_0qkDZZD83sCfevryDdPA2dSvBSBG6xgyhxNMT6HXS7jo3AZiUledbWy5FgneT1EmnkG-45dBJ8tJUqWb6uJ2Wu3s8OBKEGtbDI-MKBR9yak99GgOwp8EezrdmqEKlIFbLa8qyOiE/s5312/20190611_080419.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">After
Sossusvlei, we set off for Aus, where we stayed at the Desert Horse Inn, named
after the wild horses, that have lived in those parts, as the story goes, since
the First World War. On our way to Luderitz, we stopped off at the viewing
spot, and watched as these wild horses congregated and socialized around the
water hole, having come in from all directions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">We
continued to Luderitz where we indulged ourselves by staying at the Luderitz
Nest, the top overpriced hotel in town! The following day we explored the old
Diamond mining town Kolmanskop, which became something of a boom town during
the Diamond rush.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">It boasted luxury
German styled homes for the management. A power station, providing electricity
to the mine, town and all homes. It also had a large hospital, with the first
Xray facilities in Africa, a theatre, bowling alley, and Ice Factory, which delivered
large blocks of ice to each home via its own railway track system, for refrigeration.
The town is now deserted and is being reclaimed by the desert sands. It is
however being managed as a tourist centre, and the diamonds are still being
mined further down the coast to this day.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj83JSb8T6WoGSXlKY7qJuKbHmRMQ8e0waY7SrbC47Pc0HUkec8vcxJpazBbAzczdQCsbbIiWFELJ5liPSZCDWEVZL4nEjqBHWvxY14rC0eCpeEC8kDWxXpD5eHqOmNVXRg3wyU9hmF1m9DeCw3huz0NIjH3zPXqVKmNhyphenhyphenscBrmUvhEghrmMszPfJknQN0/s4000/P1040590.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj83JSb8T6WoGSXlKY7qJuKbHmRMQ8e0waY7SrbC47Pc0HUkec8vcxJpazBbAzczdQCsbbIiWFELJ5liPSZCDWEVZL4nEjqBHWvxY14rC0eCpeEC8kDWxXpD5eHqOmNVXRg3wyU9hmF1m9DeCw3huz0NIjH3zPXqVKmNhyphenhyphenscBrmUvhEghrmMszPfJknQN0/w400-h300/P1040590.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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couple of hours, we left Kolmanskop, and returned to the Desert Horse inn for a
couple of cold beers, and to camp for the night. The next morning, we left Aus,
and headed down towards the Orange <br /><br /><br />River, passing through Ros Pinah, and along
the Orange to spend the night at the Noratsharma Lodge on the banks of the
river, and about 50km from Vioolsdrift, the border into RSA</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlQtySjevpoftGY_8IU4jqxZAsDxzy48cvdKy5iavu0QsNX02kPfKcqYKNUfSjELn5eRX1A-_cvTkpKCRRd-yxUEtZ0eDXiSyZARReR12fqKh9ikpIrYtf8KK9Ls6QCaIp8NPTKXekBLUJktCy9xzU_gwuY9CwAwG2NDdtGoEZJtmkhkeYTRj98xVls0/s5312/20190615_130609.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlQtySjevpoftGY_8IU4jqxZAsDxzy48cvdKy5iavu0QsNX02kPfKcqYKNUfSjELn5eRX1A-_cvTkpKCRRd-yxUEtZ0eDXiSyZARReR12fqKh9ikpIrYtf8KK9Ls6QCaIp8NPTKXekBLUJktCy9xzU_gwuY9CwAwG2NDdtGoEZJtmkhkeYTRj98xVls0/w400-h225/20190615_130609.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktPubccqLVbY1ir9tI4napR6gfC19TzQmKBq8mnT-5u1M_PKfEdUTMr5FKIKlRu8rJeCUe7cJKC0gu5i3Qg389KaCY6yTAMmv_NT8OgipoU7KVaHu8PV2dRC-HsTf6ntnSg_ZZv5cWF7X4egwaP6OeJS0YmOpaBA5ovDDx2P2KeX4ieu-Sirg_8KufGU/s5312/20190615_173729.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktPubccqLVbY1ir9tI4napR6gfC19TzQmKBq8mnT-5u1M_PKfEdUTMr5FKIKlRu8rJeCUe7cJKC0gu5i3Qg389KaCY6yTAMmv_NT8OgipoU7KVaHu8PV2dRC-HsTf6ntnSg_ZZv5cWF7X4egwaP6OeJS0YmOpaBA5ovDDx2P2KeX4ieu-Sirg_8KufGU/w400-h225/20190615_173729.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvLwoGQip7CAy_xe7rZe32Hkip1_Vz_T-J3dne-PKEOIBlb6Z3yeaQq7RyzMrPZBhmT6NFZs0xcrmDYOP0KCPLA50MzticoRx6NNlq7Rvs4AmGiq1_K9gz6OUVStC7uc55V17iyC7NO9J2DK5Qh4I3wIeBaF3FoVrhZRD1He4iKIv9682tV4xHO6qEBA/s5312/20190615_175621.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvLwoGQip7CAy_xe7rZe32Hkip1_Vz_T-J3dne-PKEOIBlb6Z3yeaQq7RyzMrPZBhmT6NFZs0xcrmDYOP0KCPLA50MzticoRx6NNlq7Rvs4AmGiq1_K9gz6OUVStC7uc55V17iyC7NO9J2DK5Qh4I3wIeBaF3FoVrhZRD1He4iKIv9682tV4xHO6qEBA/w400-h225/20190615_175621.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">We departed
early the next morn</span>ing, went through the border early, and completed the last
800km of our trip, home, after a super 6-week adventure!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Rod and Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981425397910767563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788937293944729071.post-27023351146662274082023-10-10T05:00:00.000-07:002023-10-10T05:00:45.273-07:00Rod's Big "7" Birthday Adventure<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Yes, this
blog is about 3 years late! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My only excuse
is a combination of Covid and health issues for both of us, along with all the
other rubbish that gets in one’s way!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">We did however
enjoy a fantastic 6500km trip which was planned around celebrating my 70<sup>th</sup>
in Etosha, where we would be meeting up with Simon & Bridget, who were
flying in at Windhoek, and picking up a 4 x4 campervan. After Etosha, S & B
planned a return route to Windhoek exploring the Western side of Okavango in
Botswana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We planned a return trip to
Cape Town, which took in much of the less travelled parts of Namibia before re-entering
RSA at Vioolsdrif .</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><o:p></o:p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyk5SbdvO-kdGEb11Z3WNkXe40DEpdQzlJfXILDgHsL5eQGKbm2zor3XWo5yN2CkV1enMjhaN4I9NwwxqLpVaJ74pr1B8dFLDGWV4xiYLkkHNTKkle9sP_5b_JH5zJmlAjH58RqyGuG30R9k0Ot4UvydV7KkTQtocKJN8_z601Zd9yKFbfEDA6fRQuVsw/s5302/20190513_133121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2970" data-original-width="5302" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyk5SbdvO-kdGEb11Z3WNkXe40DEpdQzlJfXILDgHsL5eQGKbm2zor3XWo5yN2CkV1enMjhaN4I9NwwxqLpVaJ74pr1B8dFLDGWV4xiYLkkHNTKkle9sP_5b_JH5zJmlAjH58RqyGuG30R9k0Ot4UvydV7KkTQtocKJN8_z601Zd9yKFbfEDA6fRQuVsw/w400-h224/20190513_133121.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from top of Van Rhyns Pass</td></tr></tbody></table></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhU24dqEnMdh8Ffamcwmy9eKXVKnRFaY-ihybNHLZ79r_W-pUpzKsWmk10QokAinRfomdeYPWrParYFKcJgpC0a4GKDfInXsW6iyfUeiwoC9PUaf7jbGOz1qYUQ9PSDTR55MSOBxiI5xMCpeZcDS4OPmjf3AgrwRmK__8ZTmvTMZcwHMrXt0RqZ0OtKg/s2838/20190513_175428.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2737" data-original-width="2838" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhU24dqEnMdh8Ffamcwmy9eKXVKnRFaY-ihybNHLZ79r_W-pUpzKsWmk10QokAinRfomdeYPWrParYFKcJgpC0a4GKDfInXsW6iyfUeiwoC9PUaf7jbGOz1qYUQ9PSDTR55MSOBxiI5xMCpeZcDS4OPmjf3AgrwRmK__8ZTmvTMZcwHMrXt0RqZ0OtKg/s320/20190513_175428.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Klein Plasie camp<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Our route
up to Etosha from CT took us over the Van Rhyns Pass, through Niewoudsville,
and Calvinia, where we camped at Klein Plasie. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">The next day we continued through
Upington to the Kalagadi Lodge, just outside the Transfrontier Park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our first night in the Park was Rooiputs, on
the Botswana side, then up to Nossob. We then took the 4 x4 track from Nossob
to Bitterpan, exiting onto the crossroad between the two riverbed roads, on up
the Mata Mata road to the Kalagadi Tented camp outside Mata Mata., before
entering Namibia via the Mata Mata border post.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPb05Po8Bq5ZC2omk5wsmaQHMwKd5yF10wBG2ZNRCGAXj4hz3-NetplS2DRVLx4Ob-RvhT23nD-u3eACt9KJVSMAbdLWXq1rwRoOjNadWK2qf4uxPQ2D9HdPoRKBUCQWO6GRgdvEgpvDotepOyPXndyav_TdxP5S_KaCqhFAahxrrREhZDqCD-es4tz7Q/s5312/20190515_175732.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPb05Po8Bq5ZC2omk5wsmaQHMwKd5yF10wBG2ZNRCGAXj4hz3-NetplS2DRVLx4Ob-RvhT23nD-u3eACt9KJVSMAbdLWXq1rwRoOjNadWK2qf4uxPQ2D9HdPoRKBUCQWO6GRgdvEgpvDotepOyPXndyav_TdxP5S_KaCqhFAahxrrREhZDqCD-es4tz7Q/w400-h225/20190515_175732.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rooiputs Camp</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><o:p> </o:p></span>Once
through the border post, we made our way to Mariental, where we restocked, and
headed for the Hardap Damn Resort for
the night. The less said about the facilities there, the better! The only
saving grace was a beautiful African sunset over the dam!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEmlUnbWn3NVccf-HGHaWGGgNgH55IqM6tWe_ywc73-7j_sTvLNkbuZYlXSjS7AU-pGd0EcnDirFVoNA2BnzOpV9SwkO8M-jWwBW5HbrZtbn4R_yjWpgJhWhXkunWOPq1cYCBJUxUCAlDY3enPpmQiZNW9ZQi4EQ1Yw_nHaT2IAoT8MYDyVEXNgDTAJA/s5312/20190525_174917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEmlUnbWn3NVccf-HGHaWGGgNgH55IqM6tWe_ywc73-7j_sTvLNkbuZYlXSjS7AU-pGd0EcnDirFVoNA2BnzOpV9SwkO8M-jWwBW5HbrZtbn4R_yjWpgJhWhXkunWOPq1cYCBJUxUCAlDY3enPpmQiZNW9ZQi4EQ1Yw_nHaT2IAoT8MYDyVEXNgDTAJA/w400-h225/20190525_174917.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"> The next day saw us
head on up to Windhoek, where we finished the restocking before joining up with
Simon and Bridget at the Ombo Lodge, about 70km north of Windhoek. A very happy
reunion, with a few celebratory beverages!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">The next
leg took us via the Waterberg Mountain, where we camped in lovely scenery &
had a couple of unusual nocturnal visitors. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8xCjR_XX-eZiw_kjlW6QvSAD8BfHLqDHQqX2Hby8K-W7vLXpoeMhL90xolqu3Aeqjhl1ACs59K0ePhfDkdbkbq993on7ef1rn5DtS0RIv10faSWP6sU48i8jMuDfVfvFRQXPJErOgNTFZBBhX93NPl01VpUTPbijl7cfS0Zc0M197JLhR0z40Zx2RGAc/s4000/P1030801.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8xCjR_XX-eZiw_kjlW6QvSAD8BfHLqDHQqX2Hby8K-W7vLXpoeMhL90xolqu3Aeqjhl1ACs59K0ePhfDkdbkbq993on7ef1rn5DtS0RIv10faSWP6sU48i8jMuDfVfvFRQXPJErOgNTFZBBhX93NPl01VpUTPbijl7cfS0Zc0M197JLhR0z40Zx2RGAc/w400-h300/P1030801.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2phaNu7Wzop98OSZshxPbqqFliMpzC0kU5-qMLbo2hYQay3ciUFKuFdO7dR2yZUcYZ-5rZy_DP1DwJmaRMUZbUxEos_IsfyRXAkaDWwUqfOkfDLfa8osgXqrx15gdrA6NyYTF8LOF3f52UR79p3YA37TcPGMgHMecyZwjsxRby3ikRBWxE5xz-E0iwTA/s4000/P1030804.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2phaNu7Wzop98OSZshxPbqqFliMpzC0kU5-qMLbo2hYQay3ciUFKuFdO7dR2yZUcYZ-5rZy_DP1DwJmaRMUZbUxEos_IsfyRXAkaDWwUqfOkfDLfa8osgXqrx15gdrA6NyYTF8LOF3f52UR79p3YA37TcPGMgHMecyZwjsxRby3ikRBWxE5xz-E0iwTA/w400-h300/P1030804.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLeKM-2ORb6rV0WcL9ggB0sxa_r4L52dFaWPOtuoHC9tIsVttm752HamObjo6M-alE1RCWzVKxgIbqoTkMFbwk0Fp7k8ZGCdwZcFOJYmffZISlAcWpFE_Mbh841ZJqQd5TVkg1lBGfy8ijoD3JZuxwnTyJ0MiznRujqW2N0k5TvMJOaUgPjhHGjor-Pk/s4000/P1030810.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLeKM-2ORb6rV0WcL9ggB0sxa_r4L52dFaWPOtuoHC9tIsVttm752HamObjo6M-alE1RCWzVKxgIbqoTkMFbwk0Fp7k8ZGCdwZcFOJYmffZISlAcWpFE_Mbh841ZJqQd5TVkg1lBGfy8ijoD3JZuxwnTyJ0MiznRujqW2N0k5TvMJOaUgPjhHGjor-Pk/w400-h300/P1030810.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZcVcYI5akRmKn4PKGN1VQLqoNTpgWgq4Ap2748C6joZMzXqqZvjW2UA37ANbuO7xndyybMjKYhd3RKKIU7Ztpt6gax7TZQVEbVJOUFF6rx0vr4U1yPsdSO6v9x03v-aOG_kt9BhXyRIrQZFfqro1VDc1SGmLOM3rXnuZCK-x4KtxTMDfCGyMRgf4i6s/s1779/P1030812.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="1779" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZcVcYI5akRmKn4PKGN1VQLqoNTpgWgq4Ap2748C6joZMzXqqZvjW2UA37ANbuO7xndyybMjKYhd3RKKIU7Ztpt6gax7TZQVEbVJOUFF6rx0vr4U1yPsdSO6v9x03v-aOG_kt9BhXyRIrQZFfqro1VDc1SGmLOM3rXnuZCK-x4KtxTMDfCGyMRgf4i6s/w400-h300/P1030812.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAGOppnBfHkvz0drVz3gO-D_faWkjYVvn9rPDjrDSLJvd5V_kwJKcWNtVOGKAYTXWg5Gmx_drY-ghQnEtJWWVOUg0gCFYW-0yBwnGMgbinr-IAfIkAYxPyEWzrnXeGrj9EBpp-QritLcNfgxedgLDlZGeqYtj0xLiPadBpju_p35ycnmhW3qnTQ_Due4/s2668/P1030817.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2192" data-original-width="2668" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAGOppnBfHkvz0drVz3gO-D_faWkjYVvn9rPDjrDSLJvd5V_kwJKcWNtVOGKAYTXWg5Gmx_drY-ghQnEtJWWVOUg0gCFYW-0yBwnGMgbinr-IAfIkAYxPyEWzrnXeGrj9EBpp-QritLcNfgxedgLDlZGeqYtj0xLiPadBpju_p35ycnmhW3qnTQ_Due4/w400-h329/P1030817.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spotted Genet</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Thereafter, we headed for Tsumeb, for another
quick shop, before entering Etosha at Namutoni. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We spent a week in the park, with nights at
each of the camps, ending up in Okaukueja, where we had a Birthday dinner in
the restaurant. By this point “Priscilla”, our faithful Disco, was being very
temperamental, with difficulty starting, and very little power! We had planned
on continuing to the much more remote Olifantsrus Camp, before exiting the Park
via Galton Gate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>S& B were scheduled
to leave via the main Anderson gate, before making their way across to
Botswana. Given “Priscilla” ailment, and the terrible state of the road to Olifantsrus,
we swapped our booking to stay over at Okaukueja instead, before also exiting
the main gate & trying to find mechanical help in Windhoek. So we said our
sad farewells, after a fabulous time together, and headed our separate ways.
The game viewing in Etosha was as special as ever, even if the roads and
facilities left a lot to be desired!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkaEKF_3NOLXdZiQiMPr7Nw82sQ4rlN_70M4qvb_wX9FN2B3c64CqCifiq4XpEcSsDnPgP0ezWkqOEgu58zIgpRBnrahWRLEKGtTtw3IWRJM3CkCsq3qoro0p12_gbe-h8AFuREuFOyB6V2UrvaVOKnhE9_4QJi-ZTXEAp3HbN81LpjHl39-x_M33lLc/s3216/20190603_181159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="3216" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkaEKF_3NOLXdZiQiMPr7Nw82sQ4rlN_70M4qvb_wX9FN2B3c64CqCifiq4XpEcSsDnPgP0ezWkqOEgu58zIgpRBnrahWRLEKGtTtw3IWRJM3CkCsq3qoro0p12_gbe-h8AFuREuFOyB6V2UrvaVOKnhE9_4QJi-ZTXEAp3HbN81LpjHl39-x_M33lLc/w400-h190/20190603_181159.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUOs-bSzHGf9CUFKMAzYK4IGwrVVK6ij5JgqI-d2QLLMO2To_Oxr3kOgTAyWxFguf456kMfwbfWcmoLWY7XAouL6A6AauFHuypzu251D9FG-ru9k5KjsUDZLb-oDpAfp6Jkna0trd3ADEcUSwrviMAX-Zlz1vtSp37cwNgHBfs4A5403Y9RIXPhruZVM/s3766/P1030861.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">In April this
year, we were lucky enough to have Steve
and Chris, our cruising buddies from “Scott Free”, (with whom we must have
sailed about 10 000miles!) fly out from the UK to spend nearly a month with us. Having done all the typical Cape Town touristy “musts”, we squeezed in a trip up to
Addo, with detours via Cape Aghulas, Garden Route, Prince Alfred Pass, and
various wine regions!</span></b></div>
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Addo was a first for Mary and me, and we wanted to give our mates a real taste of
African wildlife. We spent a night in the Matyholweni camp in the south, the
next in the tented Spekboom camp, the 3<sup>rd</sup> at the Addo<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Main camp, and an indulgent last night at the
newly opened, luxurious and very quirky Nyathi camp in the north!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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pleasantly surprised, and as can be seen from the photos which follow, not
short of things to see and enjoy.......especially ellies! <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<br />Rod and Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981425397910767563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788937293944729071.post-87759641810816775042018-03-29T01:06:00.001-07:002018-03-29T01:06:52.994-07:00The very special Kgalagadi!<br />
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<b>Earlier this month, Mary and I set off in a fully
loaded Priscilla, to revisit one of our all-time favourite places…… The
Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park. We had last been there 14 years ago, but
this time were planning an overlapping trip with Kim and Steve in their own
fully equipped off road Hilux. The overlapping was brought about largely as a
result of us having booked 6 months ago, and K & S having booked whatever
vacancies they could find during the same time period, starting in Feb. Kim
logged on to the Sanparks site daily, for any cancellations, and by combining our schedules
we ended up with a wonderful mixture of 5 common nights, and 5 days during
which we each went our own ways, meeting up again a day or two later to brag
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="line-height: 107%;"><b>The pictures which follow, show exactly what makes the
Kgalagadi so special …. It was still very hot, and very much greener than we
have seen before, being at the end of the rainy season, which also allows the
game to drift further away from the river beds. I have taken the liberty of
including about 8 of Steve’s photos, (lions, leopards, Tawny eagle with prey),
as we were not lucky enough to see lions or leopards! We on the other hand were
very lucky with Cheetah. Between us we saw almost everything the park has to
offer, including Brown Hyena, Spotted Hyena, Eland, Meerkats and Honey Badgers,
Cape Fox, Bat Eared Foxes, and Genets, even though they are not included in the
photos!</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b>What a wonderful world!</b>Rod and Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981425397910767563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788937293944729071.post-42558042494128868222018-01-01T00:07:00.000-08:002018-01-01T00:07:59.326-08:00<br />
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Well we arrived back in Cape Town in the first week of December 2016, tired, sad but also excited about starting a new life in Kate’s lovely home. She too had had an extremely difficult year, travelling a lot for business reasons, losing her beloved cat, Max, and having burst water mains which resulted in serious flooding in the house. Somehow we felt that we were meant to return home share the stress of running a middle aged neglected house.<br />
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We had a lovely family Christmas with Steve and Kim, my sister and her family and the newest addition to the the family, a beautiful Siberian kitten, Star, to keep old Sam company.<br />
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The early part of 2017 was very messy - fairly extensive house repairs/renovations -<br />
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Then Kate was retrenched. South Africa’s downgrade to junk status caused an exit of foreign investors. So another reason for being very relieved to be home to share the the stress. She is now working for an incubator company that she was involved in years ago before she went into financial analysis.<br />
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Steve and Kim have also had a challenging year in Mozambique which has involved their being apart for much of the year. Never an easy situation. Steve gets back on Monday for a much needed spell of R & R with Kim and the dogs.<br />
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Its also been a year of trauma and ill health for many friends (I guess its our advancing years). We, thankfully, have been well apart from a few AF episodes and are keeping fit with a long daily walk on the golf course. Rod has started playing golf again and is doing his best to persuade me to pick up my ancient clubs and join him!<br />
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A real highlight of our year was a trip to the Timbavati. Friends of ours invited us to join their regular group for a week at Java Camp. We had a fantastic time which we really needed after at least 10 years of “no bush”. Our birding skills were a bit rusty but towards the end of our stay started returning. What made it even more tricky was the new names that were introduced during our long absence!!<br />
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We bought an elderly Landrover Discovery early this year. We decided to replace our ocean adventures with landbased ones. So October saw us heading for the Richtersveld for a week. We had an incredible time and Priscilla and Rod took the tricky rocky terrain in their strides.<br />
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2018 will have a few more adventures in store. The first being a trip to the Kgaligadi National Park, always a favourite of ours.<br />
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Rod has covered these two trips in detail with wonderful pics on his blogsite if anyone is interested in taking a look.<br />
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So wishing you all a peaceful Christmas and a really good 2018<br />
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Much love and our very best wishes<br />
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Rod and Mary<br />
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After our fantastic Java Camp (Motswari) game viewing experience, we decided in October to tick off another of those “bucket list” items … to explore the arid splendour of the Richtersveld. The Richtersveld National Park is situated in the top NW corner of Cape Province, where the Orange river forms the Border between RSA and Namibia. It requires 4x4 vehicles and a high degree of self -sufficiency, as well as an opportunity to test “Priscilla’s” capabilities, and refresh some of my own off road driving skills!<br />
The park is about 1000km from Cape Town, and our elderly Discovery TD5 fully loaded with roof tent, deep freeze, water tank, solar panel and all the other camping kit, has the aerodynamics of a brick ! We therefor decided to take it easy, and do 2 overnight stops. With an average speed of 90kph, we didn't really have much choice !<br />
On the tar roads , against strong head winds, it can be a bit tedious …. But once we got off road, and dropped the tyre pressure down to 1.2 bar, Priscilla was in her element!<br />
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We checked in at Senderlingsdrift, where a pontoon ferry crosses the Orange River into Namibia, and where we camped for the night.<br />
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The following day we moved on to De Hoop Camp, situated on the banks of the Orange River, about 60kms, (and 3 hours driving), via a couple of quite challenging passes! We spent 2 days there, with the first night being quite full of campers with kids. It is the most popular camp as there is a safe swimming hole in the river! Fortunately, they all left the next day , to get the kids back to school in time for the next term.<br />
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We spent the next four days almost entirely without seeing a soul! After a relaxing day walking and bird watching at De Hoop, we moved on to the Richtersveld camp, which is also on the banks of the Orange, for one day.<br />
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Some of the rock formations, and vistas, are amazing! It looks like a prospecting geologists playground! Thereafter, we headed into the mountains, where we camped at the unusual Kokerboomkloof campsite, which we again had to ourselves !<br />
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For our return trip we decided to again break new ground, heading first to Alexander bay at the mouth of the Orange river, then on to Port Nolloth, before stopping for the night at Kleinsee, where we were able to have our first hot shower in over a week! We carried on down through Hondeklipbaai, and on into the recently opened Namaqua National Park (coastal section). The road is no more than a sand track, but some of the camp sites were really special. The camp sites comprise rock wind shields , a fire hearth for the braai, and new age long drop toilets!<br />
We spent the night at the one closest to the Southern entrance, Delwers, which we had all to ourselves, apart from a quizzical Red Duiker with a hole through one ear! This bit of our coast will definitely see us back! We left via Groenrivier, which had some wonderful birdlife, before heading for home.<br />
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Priscilla passed with flying colours, and we are looking forward to our next adventure in her, which will be to the Kgalagadi National Park , in March next year. (Mary also gave me a pass for the driving skills!)<br />
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<br />Rod and Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981425397910767563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788937293944729071.post-45368508125177791722017-08-07T02:53:00.000-07:002017-08-07T02:53:09.090-07:00Our return to RSA <div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><b>This blog is dedicated to all our fellow cruisers and friends around the
globe, who were saddened, and somewhat puzzled by our return to South Africa…..saddened
to learn that Mary’s ticker had taken on an alarming and potentially dangerous
new beat, cutting short our cruising lifestyle, and leading to us selling our
beautiful Sheer Tenacity in Australia.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><b>Puzzled also, by our decision to return to a South Africa, plunged into
financial Junk Status, recession, corruption and crime, by an unethical, and evil
President, motivated by self -enrichment rather than social upliftment, aided
and abetted by an intimidated and compliant ANC government without the moral
backbone, to stop him!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><b>Our new home with Kate, in beautiful Cape Town, and the proximity to all
those family and friends we left behind, were of course the main reason.
Thankfully, Mary’s ticker is responding pretty well to the meds, although she
does complain about having a “flat battery” at times!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><b>But… the call of the bush, and the proximity to Africa’s unique wildlife
goes a long way towards compensating for our desperate political situation.
Having said that, the rest of the world is not a whole heap better off either…..
at least we have this trump card, as opposed to a Trump!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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who had booked out the Java Camp for a week, within the Motswari Private Game
Reserve in the Timbavati area adjoining, and open to the Kruger National Park.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Africa is still so special! </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rod and Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981425397910767563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788937293944729071.post-65533672161725694592016-12-21T06:31:00.000-08:002018-01-01T00:01:31.874-08:00The end of our Journey with Sheerenacity<div class="MsoNormal">
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year, 2016 proved to be equally dramatic, but not for cruising reasons!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Christmas of 2015 was our first at home for 7 years,
and our planned 4 month home visit got stretched by a month, to accommodate
Mary’s 2<sup>nd</sup> Cataract op, which incidentally proved to have been
better in all respects than the other eye (done in NZ the previous
year)…..better procedure, recovery period, result, and at half the price! <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One of our missions in RSA, had been
to look at houses/and/or Retirement village options for our return in 2017, at
the end of our sailing adventures. Quite frankly, the retirement village
option, although sensible, did not excite us. One concept we had considered, was that of a
“family compound” in a secure estate. During our stay, Kate introduced us to
Sunset Links, an estate, where she had always wanted to live. She arranged for
an agent to show us 5 houses which were on the market, so that we could assess
the place.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There was NO intention of buying …
only of looking! One of the houses we were shown however, struck us all as
“perfect”! Now Kate is not one to sit around dreaming! Within the very next
week, she put in an offer on the “perfect” place, which was accepted, AND, sold
her house in Tamboerskloof. All of a sudden, we had an exciting solution for
our return to RSA when we swallowed the anchor, and were able to help Kate make
the move just before we left. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We flew back to Bundaberg, a whole
heap more relaxed, and could turn our attention back to the last chapter of our
cruising adventures. After 5 months on the hard, Sheer’s antifoul looked like
crazy paving. We had no option but to have the hull sandblasted back to the
gelcoat, to remove the residue of 7 years accumulated antifoul. We then had to
spray on 2 new layers of epoxy, a primer, and 2 layers of Altex 5 antifoul. It
was a very expensive exercise, but they did a superb job, and Sheer would be
good for the next 2 years, which would take us to Indonesia, Malaysia, and back
through the Indian Ocean to Richards Bay, and Cape Town. </span></b></div>
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rally, and were en route to Cairns (Rally muster point), when Lord Perkins
water pump seized, forcing us to make an unplanned stop in Mackay.</span></b></div>
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under spinnaker in 5knots of breeze, and fighting 2 knot tidal cross currents,
we finally dropped anchor outside the harbour at3.00h!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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replaced, but a further 13 weeks addressing Mary’s sudden erratic heartbeat.
The first visits to doctors achieved nothing, but we managed to get Mary into
the Private 24/7 all hours emergency facility at 6.00am during one such episode, and they were able
to record it all on the ECG. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Atrial Fibrillation, and the Cardiologist on duty could begin the appropriate
treatment process… Blood thinners to reduce the risks of clots, and a beta
blocker ( various brands and dosages) to regulate the sinus rhythm.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Indonesian Rally, and had also made the call NOT to take chances with any
further long passages, taking us out of medical reach. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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extended Medical visa, as we should have departed by 15<sup>th</sup> July, and
our visa expired 17 August. We applied for 6 months until Jan 2017, to get Mary
stabilized, and take the boat 1000nm south, (out of cyclone areas), find a
marina/or broker, and return home. We were very grateful to Chris and Steve
(Scott Free) , who came up to Mackay to spend a week with us, to cheer us up!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Australian Immigration and Border Control Authorities are on the whole, an
unhelpful, bureaucratic, insensitive, illogical, money grabbing bunch of
extortionists. They are the very reason why so few global cruisers include
Australia in their routing plans! <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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our medical visa’s expiring on 1<sup>st</sup> December, and our cruising permit
expiring 3<sup>rd</sup> November, nowhere near enough to cover our needs. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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decided to do a quick trip to explore them, before using any Northerlies on
offer to head down south, very aware that this period could very well be our
last hurrah on Sheer. We had a good few days of gentle cruising in the
Whitsundays, before starting our trek back south. </span></b></div>
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and spent a few days at Great Keppel Island, before making for Bundabeg, where
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which separate Fraser Island from the mainland, where we anchored for the
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boat of 7 years accumulated clutter, boxing, packing, and arranging its
shipment home. Yet again, our friends Chris and Steve, (who by this time had
returned to their boat after their son’s Italian wedding), drove up from
Brisbane, to spend a night of catching up, crab eating and another Prawn pig
out! The next morning we said our sad good byes, having extracted a promise that
they would visit us in Cape Town. This time they left fully laden with much of
what we had stocked up for Indonesia!</span></b></div>
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town, with lovely beaches, beach front restaurants, seafood bars, canals,
walking and cycling paths. It would have been one place we could have learned
to stay……, and was the ideal place for us as we prepared Sheer Tenacity for the
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for, so that we could coach the Brokers about a boat they knew nothing about,
oversee the marketing of her, and then pick up post Christmas fare flights in
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we were told that we would have to pay a further AUD1080 each (R11000.00 each),
for the 6 week extension. When asked why, we were told that it was a penalty
because we had already been granted a 3 month medical visa! (which had cost us
R4600 each, for visa and chest x-rays)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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foreign registered boat in Australia, one has to first import it, by paying a
5% Duty, plus 10% GST on an Australian valuation, BEFORE one can even put it up
for sale! Plus one has to pay the Valuation man, and a Customs agent to process
the importation! So, we had just paid Australian customs over R100 000.00 4
days earlier, and are now being told to shell out another R22000.00 for the
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flights out on the 1<sup>st</sup> December (last day of visa), which left us
only 2 weeks to get Sheer and ourselves sorted out!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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list for the advert on the website, wrote up a Quick Start Guide for the
broker, so that they could take clients out on the boat, started writing out an
Owners Manual for all the systems and procedures, and then hoped like hell that
we could sell our beloved “Sheer “ in the 10 days before we left!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The first couple who viewed the boat
came back twice! The wanted the boat, but it was a year before they were ready,
as they had to sell their farm. The second person was Mark. He drove down 800km
to see the boat, and I ended up spending about 4 hours with him. The next
morning he put in his offer, and after a bit of renegotiation, we had a sale,
subject to survey and sea trials, scheduled for the following Wednesday….the
day before we were flying home!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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10.00am, and the Surveyor was a fellow with a hellish reputation. We were
confident in Sheer’s condition, but nevertheless nervous! He spent about an
hour asking questions and poking around inside every locker, under floor boards
etc, before we headed down for the haul out. He waved his water meter all over
the deck, looking for wet spots, and then tap tapped his way all over the hull
once out the water. He could find nothing wrong! By 12.00 we were back in the
water, and heading out over the bar for the sea trials. By now the wind had
picked up to 17-19knots, and the sea was quite lumpy…. Perfect conditions to
let Sheer show off! With a single reef, we were soon bombing along at 7.5 knots,
slicing through the waves, in dry comfortable ease, with Ian (Broker), and Mark
(buyer) wearing huge grins! <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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quite boisterous conditions, and back into the marina. The surveyor spent
another painful hour going through everything, and asking questions Ian had
never heard asked before in his life! Eventually, he announced that he “could
find no reason why Mark should not buy this boat”, eventually leaving the boat
around 4.00pm. By 5.00, Mark was back for a beer, and to ask questions about
how we should leave the boat etc, as he would be away for the next month.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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paperwork, which because its Australian, is longer and more ridiculous than one
can imagine. We barely had time to shower, get changed and catch the airport
shuttle! No time for last goodbyes, or photos! We even forgot our toothbrushes
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has ended. We will stay in touch with Mark, the new owner, and hope that he
will continue her Jouney with the same dedication, passion, and faith in her
that we have enjoyed. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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September, heading for the Whitsundays. Our first 32nm leg was to Goldsmith Island, where we
anchored for the night. The following day it was on to Shaw Island and the
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combination we saw almost every time we moved around. The moms appeared to be
teaching their offspring all the behavioural “ tricks”…breaching, flipper slapping
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passage, where we passed the big Hamilton Island Marina complex, on to the
Fitzallen passage, before doing a right turn through the Hull Channel into CID
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urge to climb to the top of the Whitsunday Peak (at 434m), from where one gets
spectacular views. It was a 3-4 hour slog, and Mary elected to give her heart a
rest instead!</span></b></div>
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the opportunity to sail over to Airlie Beach….. famous and expensive! We
anchored for the night, and went exploring the town, the market, and topping up
on provisions at the local Woolworths.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So, with the tide being right for our
transit through the Hook Passage, we
managed the often turbulent passage easily, and picked up a mooring buoy in
Tongue Bay, on the north east corner of Whitsunday island. We took the dinghy
ashore, and walked up to the lookout platform on Tongue Point, which offers
splendid views over the iconic Whitehaven Beach, down to the Solway Pass, which
separates Hazlewood Island from Whitsunday Island.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With the 5-6 mt tidal range, the
tidal current created in the passages and passes, can be anything up to 5-6
knots! The direction of these tidal
streams also reverse with each change of tide, so keeping track of tides is the
No 1 priority in the Log! The flooding
tide (incoming) generates a southerly stream, and ebbing tide, a northerly
current. Tide against wind situations can produce nasty overflows, which can at
times dangerous, and should generally be
avoided!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">From Tongue Bay, we moved on around
to anchor off the famous Whitehaven Beach for the day. I enjoyed (?) my first
swim off the boat in Australian waters. After the Fijian waters, it felt like
Clifton!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The winds were predicted to turn
north overnight, so we waited for the slack tide to negotiate the Solway
passage, so that we could anchor in Chance Bay, (protected from North winds),
and from where we could make an early start to our journey back south.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We decided to use the winds on offer,
and elected to do a 180nm overnighter to Port Clinton. It is not a port at all!
More like a muddy, mangrove swamp hideout full of bitey bugs!</span></b></div>
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and were able to change anchorages as and when the wind clocked around.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When the wind turned Northerly again,
we again did an overnighter to Bundaberg, where we hoped to talk to the Customs
people about our Cruising Permit and Visa situation. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thankfully, the Director in Bundy
reviewed our records and had no problem with extending our cruising permit for
another year. We just needed to get past the 3<sup>rd</sup> November expiry, so
this really relieved our pressure! <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
Rod and Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981425397910767563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788937293944729071.post-19486062318433352912016-10-10T23:24:00.000-07:002016-10-10T23:24:42.128-07:00Life goes on in Mackay! <div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">11/10/2016<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Happy reunion with Steve and Chris</span></b></td></tr>
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blog on 7<sup>th</sup> July, when we were still in the dark about the nature
and severity of Mary’s “skippity “heart problem!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our first really good news was that
Steve and Chris (our great sailing buddies from Scott Free), were going to fly
up from Brisbane to spend a week with us boosting our dented morale! We must
have sailed over 10 000 miles together, but our routes from Noumea separated,
as we aimed for Bundaberg, with a 7<sup>th</sup> December flight booked to RSA,
and they had their hearts set on Sydney for New Years Eve!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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not the least of which was their horrific night in Coffs Harbour Marina, which
got smashed up all around them in an easterly storm, requiring them to leave
the boat at 3.00am and spend the night in a police station! Luckily Scott Free
lived up to her name, and escaped any damage!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Mary needed, because her heart did not misbehave the entire week!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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we drove out to the Eungella National Park, to seek out the illusive platypus
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">All too soon the week flashed by, and
Steve and Chris headed back to Scott Free in Brisbane. Mary’s heart then expressed its
displeasure, and started up its nonsense again.. We had been advised to go
directly to the Emergency section at the hospital “next time”. Well, “next time” was Sat 9<sup>th</sup> July,
so we rushed off to the Mater Hospital PDQ! Mary was all plugged up in a flash,
and the GP on duty diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation, which was confirmed by the
Cardiologist on duty, Dr Kumar, who it turned out was “THE” specialist in that
field! He prescribed some blood thinning injection and betablocker tablets
immediately, and had Mary transferred into the ICU cardiac unit for monitoring.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Of some concern to us was the fact
that the hospital would not accept our BUPA International Medical card, and
required me to pay R23000 in advance, before she could be admitted. Australia
is the very first country where we have experienced this problem. (Mary’s eye
ops in RSA and NZ, plus my procedure in Tahiti, were all handled between Bupa
and Service provider.)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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and she was monitored for the next 24 hrs , before being discharged, with a
whole new bunch of meds, and a much thinner wallet!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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getting back into our walking routines, and learning how to manage the
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on another BB option. That worked a bit better, but it was not until Mary
increased the dosage, and dropped her regular Amlopodine BP pills, that things
really settled down.</span></b></div>
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Mackay Marina. The Marina staff were fantastically supportive throughout. For
example, every night while we were still trying to Catch a Fib on an ECG, they
gave me a hire cars keys, just in case it happened when the office was closed.
I would return the keys the next morning, with no charge. It was this service
that enabled us to get Mary into the Mater at 5.30am on that Saturday. So a
very big thank you to Jill and her team!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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(16 boats) were coming through from Vanuatu and Noumea, in preparation for
their next leg from Darwin to Mauritius, via Lombok (Indonesia), and Christmas
Island. With 1 or 2 exceptions, we found them a rather snooty/cliquey bunch,
very pleased with themselves, and their big, expensive, fully crewed
boats. I still thought we were the most
striking boat on the marina, so we put up our biggest RSA flag, just to show we
had sailed more miles than them…. And only 2 up! </span></b></div>
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“Kayle”, an ex racing boat owned by an NGO called “SWD- Sailing With
Disabilities”. Every day they did 3 trips, taking out disabled folk of all
kinds, and ages, for a day of pure fun. All the crew were trained volunteers,
giving up their time freely. Quite a humbling experience. I made a point of
being on the finger to help them with dock lines whenever I could.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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horrid. In fact the whole program was reduced to 6 minutes after the leading
Maritimo 1000HP boat smashed up into 4 pieces, after a nosedive landing at
100mph. Luckily nobody was hurt. The event was cancelled pending better
conditions, which failed to materialize.</span></b></span></b></div>
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for 4 weeks, and we were itching to explore the Whitsundays before our
ridiculous Medical visa expired on 1<sup>st</sup> December! </span></b></div>
Rod and Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981425397910767563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788937293944729071.post-59635136304753778872016-07-07T18:35:00.003-07:002016-07-07T18:35:35.342-07:00Mackay – Time for Big Decisions<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>29 June 2016</b></div>
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<b>We made a doctor’s appointment for Mary on Friday morning,
and left Dale to continue fitting the water pump without the assistance of his
“appie”.</b><br />
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Commodore, aptly renamed by the Marina), and headed into the Caneland Medical
Centre. At this time, Mary’s erratic
heartbeat was almost back to normal, but having listened to Mary’s history and
experiences, the doc said that a 24hr monitoring Holter was the next step. This
however involved joining a queue at the local hospital. Once our cruising status was explained, the
lovely young Doc managed to pull a few strings, at the Private (Mater)
hospital, and Mary had the Holter monitor fitted on the Saturday, and removed
on the Sunday.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>The 24 hours tested, only included a few hops and skips, and
none of the racing which was so alarming. Hopefully, we thought, the condition
which triggers the erratic heart beat would be the same, and that the
Cardiologist would be able to “read” the cause. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>At 6.30am on the Monday, Mary woke up with the heart doing
the racing number, so we hired the Bommodore and rushed her through to the doc
asap. Once there, she saw the doc, and was rushed through to the treatment room
to be hooked up the the ECG. At this point, her heart was beating at 200bpm. Sadly however, the nursing sister made some
error, and instead of saving the data, she managed to lose/delete it! Then by
some quirk, Mary’s heart returned to normal, so when they took the next ECG
reading, she was 100% OK!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>The Sister was embarrassed, and we and the Doc somewhat
annoyed, as this was the exact data that the Cardiologist needed to make the
diagnosis. Mary was then sent off to have blood tests taken, as certain liver and thyroid conditions can
trigger the problem.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Since then Mary has had no further racing heart situations,
and we are waiting for the results of the Holter and blood tests to be assessed
and communicated to us. It is now Thursday morning, and we have not heard
anything further from either the Cardiologist or the referring Doc. We are
hoping that this implies that things are not too serious! The waiting is
however very frustrating!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>With all these issues, I decided to cancel the Indonesian
rally, as we would never make the start in the first place, but more to the
point, we had no wish to head off into the unknown without being 100% confident
that Mary’s ticker was Ok. At the same time, I have also made the call that this
is in fact the end of our Circumnavigation, and that we will NOT be sailing
back over the Indian Ocean to RSA.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>We have had 7 or 8 years of fantastic cruising , doing
things and seeing places we would never have dreamed of when we set out. Health
comes first, and it’s the right time to say “enough!”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Meantime, we have some great news! Chris and Steve, of “Scott Free”, our good friends with whom
we have sailed since Grenada, are flying up from Brisbane, to spend a week with
us. This will help to take our minds off things while we mark time in the
Marina waiting for Mary’s diagnosis and treatment program to begin. Steve’s son
is getting married in Italy, and this is really messing up their seasons
cruising plans as well, as they will be flying to Italy in 10 days! We have so
much to share and catch up on since we were
together last November in Noumea!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>And, while scribbling this update, we have just received a
call asking us to make an appointment with the referring Doc, which we have done.
Time to pack up and find out the news! <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Sadly, it was a wasted appointment……all we ascertained was
that the bloods were all fine and that Mary should now have an Echocardiogram.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>This was done and still nothing abnormal has shown up!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Rod and Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981425397910767563noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788937293944729071.post-6615523550757513402016-07-07T18:16:00.000-07:002016-07-07T18:16:44.275-07:00Off to join the Rally!<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>27 June 2016</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>We left Bundaberg at 5.30am, determined to make a good start
to our efforts to make Cairns before we missed out on too much of the mustering
info and camaraderie. </b></div>
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<b>The sea was still lumpy after the big easterly, and the
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<b>We made reasonable time, in what was an
uncomfortable first day /night back on the water! We eventually ducked in behind Great Keppel
island for a bit of rest and respite, after doing 150 miles. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Not the most comfortable anchorage….rolly as can be!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Typical pre-departure chaos</span></b></td></tr>
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<b>The next morning we set out for Island Head Creek, 54nm
away, which had been our original goal the previous day. This time we knew we
had to get there in time, because another low, with northerly winds would be
arriving during the night.</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Passing Port Clinton on the way to Island Head Creek</span></b></td></tr>
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<b>We ended up motor sailing most of the way in gentle winds,
and a strongish counter current. On arrival, we were thrilled to meet up with
Heidi and Wolfgang, from Kanaloa, whom we had last met in Fiji.</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Kanaloa</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Himba from Kanaloa</span></b></td></tr>
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<b>Island Head Creak has a tricky little approach, but offers
excellent protection in almost all conditions. This was just as well because
during the night the winds still reached over 28kts in our protected anchorage.
Heidi has encyclopedic cruising knowledge, having done 4 circumnavigations, and
many hours were shared discussing routes and plans!</b><br />
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<b>The next morning, just before we left, Wolfie came over in
their dinghy bearing hundreds of all their Indonesian, Malaysian, and Indian Ocean
charts… having decided they would be of more use to us now!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>It was happy /sad farewell, as we once again set off, this
time to Middle Percy Island, where after a good
days sailing we anchored in Rocky Shelf Bay. 240 miles done and another 400
to Cairns! Time for another early start and a big push through to the
Whitsundays!</b></div>
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<b>We started off with a nice gentle breeze, which then died
away, forcing us to resort to Lord Perkins once again. Somewhere off MacKay, Lord
Perkins screamed and died. Water pump seized. 4 knots of breeze, 25 miles to
go. We managed to do about 13, ghosting under the asymmetric alone, doing between
2 and 3 knots. </b><br />
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<b>Then the wind died completely, and the tidal currents took over.
The ebbing tide sets south, and we were being pushed 33 degrees off course into
the bulk carrier anchoring field. Of even more concern was the bulk carrier
doing 13.5 knot coming straight for us 5 miles away. </b><br />
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<b>Only after my 3<sup>rd</sup>
call, using his MMSI number, speed, course and closing speed, did he eventually
respond, and change course! Very scary indeed.</b><br />
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wound up the little Tohatsu 8hp, and managed to make 3knots for an hour or so,
until the current slowed us down to 1.3. By 2.30 am we had reached a point 1.3
miles off the breakwater, in about 11m of water, and the wind had picked up to
12 knots on the nose, and our little tug could no longer make headway! We
decided to drop the hook and anchor, even though it was in a prohibited
anchoring area. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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daylight. Daylight saw us anchored in the path of another incoming bulk
carrier! The Pilot boat came up to us, and after explaining our predicament,
said in true Aussie fashion, “no worries mate, I’ll just tow you half a mile
out the way! Lift your pick, and lets go!”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>So 20 minutes later, we were anchored again, now out of the
way, and waiting for VMR (Volunteer Maritime Rescue) to come out and tow us
into the marina, where we had made a booking. Although kindly and well meaning,
the volunteer crew were complete green horns and actually made a complete hash
of a very simple tow in. Thankfully, conditions were so calm, that we managed
to get into our pen without any damage!</b></div>
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<b>Then it was all about confirming that it was only the water
pump, looking up the Perkins part number, and trying to source a diesel
mechanic with the skills and tools to fit the new pump, if we could find one!</b></div>
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<b>Then we learnt that the next day was a public holiday, in
MacKay. I persuaded the mechanic, Dale, to phone through the part number to the
local Industrial supplier, and bingo! We were in luck. Dale agreed to pick it
up at 8.00am on the Friday, and start the job when he got back!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Then Mary told me about her heart palpitations that were
getting worse! And that made all our mechanical and sailing problems completely irrelevant. See
next blog “ Mackay- time for big decisions!”</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">27 June 2016</span></div>
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We had never been to Sunset Links, let alone considered it
as a lifestyle option! Yet, located 8km from the city centre, it is a high
security estate, built within the Milnerton golf course, and sandwiched between
the beach, (with its iconic view over Table Bay and Table Mountain), and the
bird sanctuary with its vleis and lakes teaming with birdlife , pink flamingoes
and pelicans! <o:p></o:p></div>
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The lounge, dining room and bedrooms all overlook the short
7<sup>th</sup> hole, which is in effect the front garden! Cape Franklins,
Guineafowl walk along the paving outside tormenting the hell out of Kate
kitties inside!<o:p></o:p></div>
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The house is huge, and has a layout which really lends
itself to our joint living concept. Kate’s upstairs main bedroom suit also has
a big ensuite bathroom, dressing room, lounge/sitting room, and private
balcony, overlooking the golf course Table Bay, and the mountain. She already
has plans to modify and improve this layout!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Along the side of the pool area is a separate fully
contained flat, with its own kitchenette, bathroom, study and king size bed. It
is this flat which will allow us to offer our visitors a comfortable,
independent pad, and ultimately, a place for a nurse aid should that need ever
arise for one of us!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rod and Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981425397910767563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788937293944729071.post-18642064722646799102016-06-28T02:59:00.000-07:002016-06-28T03:24:03.350-07:00Late start to 2016 Blogs-apologies!<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>27 June 2016<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Our last blog covered our passage from New Caledonia to
Bundaberg, and our rush to sort out breakages, repairs, and preparing Sheer for her long stay on the hard, before
flying home to Cape Town for a good long home visit in time for Christmas…our
first back home for 7 years!</b></div>
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<b>Well, time since then has flown, and life has been hectic!</b></div>
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<b> This first blog is a feeble attempt to justify my blog blockage and fill in the
gaps! Cape Town proved to be a social whirlwind of catching up with friends and
family. I must have added 1kg per week to my already too large midriff! It
really came to my attention when I had to squeeze into my black tie and dress
suit for a Bishops 50 year matric reunion!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>A second mission was to go through our medical audit and
overhaul, before returning for our last cruising session. Mary had her other
eye’s cataract done while in Cape Town, and it has proved to have been better,
less invasive, and half the price of the NZ one!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>A 3<sup>rd</sup> mission was to start looking ahead at life
in RSA once we had swallowed the hook. Retirement Villages were an obvious
solution, but after the independence, freedom and space, of our cruising life,
we found looking at this option both expensive , and a bit depressing! Buying a
smaller home as a stop gap before going the RV way also did not make financial
sense…. 2 transfer costs, commissions, etc, in a short time period. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>One other option existed. We had as a family, often talked
about the family compound concept, where a larger home would offer both the
independence, plus the security, proximity, and there for each other options!
Kate had always been keen on this lifestyle, and liked the Sunset Links estate
in Milnerton. We had never heard of it, let alone been there, so we arranged a
visit to be shown the estate, and the type of homes that were on the market. We
were very impressed, and one particular unit had exactly the type of
configuration which lent itself to the concept. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Now Kate is not one to let the grass grow under her feet! In
less than one week, her offer on the new place was accepted, and she had sold
her lovely townhouse in Tamboerskloof!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Mary and I packed up her old house till we dropped (Kate
working herself to a standstill earning the bucks), and then we negotiated
access to the new house before the move date, so that we could drop off and
store all the packed cartons in the flat. Then we moved in together, and
unpacked our butts off! Within 3 or 4 days, everything was more or less sorted….
pictures were up, TV’s working and music was playing! (a pictorial blog will
follow!)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>With our post sailing future sorted with Kate, it was time
to fly back to Australia to prepare Sheer for re-launching, and to start
considering how and when to quit.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Our first surprise was to see the state of her antifouling.
It had all cracked in the dry heat, and looked like crazy paving! This was no
wet sand and anti-foul job! After considering all options, we elected to have
the hull sand blasted back to the gel coat, and to re do all the epoxy barriers
before spraying on the new antifoul. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Being in Australia, this is a bio-hazard job, and requires a
special isolation pen….. with commensurate costs! To give Marine Services
credit, they did an absolutely superb job, including re-spraying the red
bootstrap, which they knew would get damaged with the sand blasting. The
sandblasting itself only took 4 hours, but due to the mess it makes, the boat
has to be totally wrapped up beforehand…. which took 2 days! The new coatings, and anti-fouling ,prop speed etc meant the whole job took a
week in the expensive pen. The bill came to AUS $14 000! ( x 11.5 for Rands!) </b><br />
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<b>We also couldn’t stay on the boat during
this procedure, so we moved into a teensy chalet in the caravan park and kept
the hired car that we drove up from Brisbane to Bundaberg for another week.</b><br />
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selling, and if it did not look good, we could then sail back down to
Newcastle, where we could put it on the market, in the hands of a broker. That
way we would be able to pay the import duty and tax out of the sale proceeds.<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>"Big Foot"......the human dynamo who almost singlehandedly did the job!</b></td></tr>
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<b>Another thing we considered, given the market conditions
here, was to join the Arc Rally for the leg from Darwin to Richards Bay. The
combination of the entry costs which were insane plus the routing and time of
year (October/November), put paid to that idea! We are also smaller than they
like to have on the rally!</b><br />
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rush up to Cairns, and join the Indonesian rally, which would allow us to visit
Singapore, and Malaysia, before heading home via Chagos, bottom of Seychelles,
Mayotte, through the Moz Channel to Richards Bay , in March April next year….
That’s the gentle time and route!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Sydney, for them then to be posted to Cairns. We joined the rally, paid the
fees, online purchased the cruising guide book (in Adelaide!!!), had it sent to
Cairns , and ordered our Navionics electronic charts also to be available in
Cairns! <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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coast low makes sailing impossible for a week, and smashes up Coffs habour en route!
Thankfully Scott Free who were in the marina at the time were unharmed,
but their blog describing conditions, and pictures, is terrifying!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Christmas 2014 was celebrated in grand style aboard Beez Neez with Pepe and Bear, our hosts, and Chris and Steve of Scott Free in Opua, Bay of Islands, New Zealand.<br />
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After New Year which we celebrated aboard Sheer Tenacity, and a final paint touch up in the boatyard, we headed out into the Bay of Islands for a bit of R & R.<br />
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Towards the end of February, we headed south in Mrs Paki,packed with our new camping gear. We stopped in Hamilton to watch ICC World Cup match between Zimbabwe and the Proteas.<br />
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<strong>In Wellington we boarded the Interislander Ferry to cross the Cook Straits to the South Island.</strong><br />
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<strong></strong><strong> We drove over some spectacular mountain passes on our way to Greymouth.</strong><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">We stopped at the strange "Pannekoek" rocks which looked just like stack of pancakes.</span></strong></td></tr>
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<strong>Through the beautiful Catlins.........</strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;">Majestic Mount Cook....one of the highlights of our trip.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;">Omaka Aviation Museum in Blenheim</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;">We arrived back in Opua after 6 weeks of camping touring and thoroughly enjoying all the south island had to offer.</span></strong></div>
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<strong> In Savusavu, rafted up against Scott Free, waiting for Customs to check us in</strong><br />
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<strong>Then it was time to head for Vanuatu......first stop, Aneityum and Mystery Island</strong><br />
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From Aneityum we sailed north to Port Resolution, Tanna Island to visit Mt Yasur, an active volcano<br />
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to have been missioning non-stop on boat jobs!! In between, however, we had
enough time to meet, see, and appreciate some of the many advantages of life in
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The trip over to Bundaberg is
generally the shortest and easiest route. Once cleared in, those wishing to
head south, can pick decent weather, and stop overs, along an interesting
coast. This year, many of the cruisers elected to join the Down Under Rally to
Newcastle, which offered a week’s free mooring, plus proximity to Sydney. This
trip is generally longer by 3 days, and can run the risk of running into
southerlies. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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the stories relating to the “horrors” of Australian check-in personnel and
procedures are frightening! In reality, they have probably been blown out of
all proportion, based upon a few clots who were silly. We, and those of the
friends with whom we have chatted, found the officials all totally professional
and courteous. The only inexcusable issue, in my mind, is the $380 Bio Security
fee, levied whether one is compliant, or not!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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booked to haul out for 4 months, we are being refunded that amount by the
Marina! Nevertheless, our fee for the haul out and return, power wash down,
cleanup, chocking, cradling and tie down and storage for the 4 months, in high security
storage, will be Aus $2950.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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port, and the marina run a free courtesy bus there each day which makes
shopping quite easy. Having bought a new Lofrans 1500w12v windlass motor in
Noumea, for about half the US or Aussie price, my first task was to track down
18mts of 50mm2 copper cable, plus a 135A circuit breaker. Both were found, but
were heavy on both back pack and pocket! Removing all the old 24v wiring, and
the fancy 12v/24v switch, and then leading the new much heavier wiring all the
way from the batteries to the windlass was not easy, and took 2-3 days, with a
few hiccoughs along the way! Eg. New
12v control solenoid from Noumea was a
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Raymarine Australia in respect of my auto pilot hydraulic ram, which had failed
again on the trip from Noumea. Given my previous experiences with Raymarine (Caribbean,
US support and New Zealand), I was not overly optimistic. What a pleasant
surprise!! Raymarine Australia referred me to Dave, of Rampant Marine, who is
their agent in Bundaberg. He came around the next day, tested the unit,
confirmed the terminal nature of the failure, and told Raymarine that I needed
a complete replacement. Three days later it was delivered! The next day was
spent installing the new unit, and we are “sweet as, and good to go”, as the
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the installation, and when I thanked him for his efficiency, and restoring some
of my lost faith in Raymarine… he answered in true Aussie style, “No worries
mate”! He will be visiting “Sheer” when she is in storage, to address and fix
the other two Raymarine problems we have, which are software problems! 1) A
new A67chartplotter that will only measure distance in statute miles,
and not nautical miles, and 2), an AIS
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good Aussie customer service! We had purchased a new Epson scanner/printer from
Dick Smith in New Zealand. This unit failed in Fiji, within a months, and
refused to work with new cartridges. Seeing a Dick Smith in Bundaberg, we dumped
the useless unit off with them, and asked if Epson would remedy the problem. We
had to track down the original invoice, which Dick Smith Australia helped us to
do, and once presented to the Bundaberg branch, they gave us a full credit,
even though there is no “trans ditch agreement” with Dick Smith New Zealand. We
will be using the credit to buy a new Brother scanner/printer from them in
March, when we get back.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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and the saloon table which took some abuse during our canvas sewing efforts! <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The table was stripped, and
re-varnished with 6 coats, and we found in Bunnings, a super outdoor, marine, non-slip
carpet! Bunnings, to those of you who don’t know, is simply one of the best hardware
shops in the world!!! I could get lost in a Bunnings for weeks at a time,
exploring their enormous range of products, and trying to justify to Mary why I
need so many new tools and gadgets!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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travels, we also became aware of quite how well Australia cater for their ageing
population. The climate in Queensland is very inviting, and numerous people
choose to retire “up the coast”. The facilities, retirement villages, transport
systems, concessions, clinic, hospitals, recreational parks, walkways, etc are
so very good. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes, Bundaberg probably do have a
slightly above average problem in respect of “Australia’s growing obesity
crisis” (a common newspaper, magazine, and radio theme here), but the quality
of life is good, and the country works!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When the last PM was accused of poor
management, and nepotism, he was voted out and replaced! Crime, bad driving,
and litter are not accepted. Farmers use honesty boxes! People don’t lock
everything, and live in fear.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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living here very easily……. If, they would take us…. And if we could afford it!!
Two impossibly big “Ifs”! <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The more I read about South Africa’s
decline, Zuma, Malema, the EEF, the joke that is parliament, the corruption,
theft, crime, nepotism, thug politics, threats, racism, “ANC more important
than country”, the economy, Rand /dollar et al, and the opinions of intelligent
foreign analysts and commentators, the more depressed I get about our longer
term future there. At least we will be
able to see for ourselves very shortly!</span></b><br />
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in Bundaberg Marina, is the huge seafood depot next door, and the availability
of reasonably priced seafood. For $30, a cooked and prepared seafood platter
for two, (too much for Mary and I to finish), will be delivered to your boat. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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whole smoked trout, lemon wedges and seafood dip.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Party, (costing $90 per person, but to which Marina guests were invited free).
It had a Hawaiian theme, and included free drinks, beer, wine, and cocktails,
numerous pre supper snacks, prawn platters, garlic pizza’s, sausage rolls etc,
followed by a choice of roasts (lamb,beef,pork), with excellent veggies.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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the Bundaberg Rum distillery, which has been in operation for over 120 years,
and is now owned by Diageo, the world’s largest distributor of spirits and
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visitors were completely anal! We couldn’t imagine how the Aussies would handle
a Mt Yasur tour. It would probably be a no go zone!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">No cameras, cell phones or even
watches permitted , in case a spark from a battery ignited the alcohol fumes!! Did not stop the guides wearing their watches
or carrying walkie talkies!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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was a good experience, and the tastings were most enjoyable. In particular, the
Royal Liqueur was exceptionally decadent! A fusion of coffee, chocolate, vanilla
and rum! Too bad that we can’t bring any home, as it is not sold in the duty
free shops!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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fantastic Mt Yasur experience, and a pleasant stay in Port Resolution, we had
hoped for a good weather break, to head for New Cal. But the SE winds and seas
built up, and pinned us in for a week to 10 days longer than we had intended.</b><br />
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and thought that a Thursday/ Friday trip would be ok. I sent emails to Bob McDavitt,
and Dave (Gulf Harbour Radio) asking their opinions, saying we thought “sooner looked better than later” and
received mixed messages in return! Bob said wait till Monday, and Dave said
boisterous but do-able! We decided to wait till the Monday. On the Sunday we
got another mail from Bob saying “You
were right, sooner would have been better, but it is do-able!”<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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and wettest 2 day passages of our sailing adventures! At 25 knots the wind was
not too bad, but the seas were big and uncomfortable, (between 3.5 to 4.5mts on
the beam), and that was once we made it round the southern corner of Tanna, and
could crack off a bit towards the top of Mare (the bottom island of the Loyalty
Island group, 90nm to the East of New
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reached the shelter of Mare, the wind died, and the sea flattened, for about a
10mile respite, before we emerged from the lee, and faced 25knot winds, and 3mt
swells on the nose. After about 7 miles, we lost the island effect, and got
back to a more manageable point of sail, only to face a new challenge - how to slow down enough to arrive at 5.00am (first
light), outside the Havannah Pass, with 3 hours of incoming tide left, and thus
avoiding the horrible conditions caused by outgoing tide against wind and
waves!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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knots on the beam, with a 1.8knot current mainly in our favour, and we only
needed to maintain a speed of 3.6knots! With sails reduced to minimum, we virtually “ferry glided “ our last 60miles
,with our “heading” being 40 degrees higher than our COG (course over ground),
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Moselle in Noumea, but we had no intention of going the whole way, arriving
amongst a shed load of boats in the dark! We had picked out a very nice
anchorage, just off the Canal Wodin, at about the half way point, and were very
happy to drop the hook there around noon. It was flat, and calm, and peaceful….
what bliss! After a few hours sleep, it
was great to share a happy hour with Scott- Free, compare stories, and agree on
a 9.00h departure time for the morning!</b></div>
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one is not allowed to do what we did, but it does seem common practice, and,
given the geography, I think the French authorities turn a blind eye to it. They
have camera’s along the way, and can see what you are up to anyway!</b></div>
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contact , asking for a spot on the visitors pontoon to check in, they said “no
worries”, full right now, so drop an anchor outside, and contact us tomorrow
when we should have some space! </b></div>
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absolute pleasure….. and FREE! Everything is within walking distance, and we
were even allowed to go ashore to go shopping before we were checked in!!</b><b style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></b></div>
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days, until we checked out!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">We loved New
Cal, the supermarkets and wide ranges of food and wine , the fresh produce markets, and especially the fantastic fish
market right on our door step!</b><br />
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same price as mincemeat!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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great to catch up with a number of other cruisers we had met along the way, who
were now all preparing for their Aussie or NZ legs to get out of the cyclone
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love to have spent at least 2 more months exploring New Cal, (cutting out some
of Fiji), but it was getting late in the season, and we had plane tickets
booked and paid for….. so we were weather watching, and looking for a good
window to head for Bundaberg, Australia. And as so often happens, one pops up
earlier than expected, but looked too good to ignore!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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all, was saying “Cheers” to Scott-Free, with whom we have sailed over 10
000nm since Grenada. We were heading for
Bundaberg, a haul out, and a home visit via Brisbane /Singapore/ Jhb/Cape Town,
and they were heading down to Newcastle
to explore the NSW/Sydney and southern areas, which we had covered by road last
year.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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wedding is complicating their next year’s plans, but we do hope to do much of
the Whitsundays together, before they head back in July. Who knows……sailing
plans are always very flexible!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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autopilot packed up, and we had to call on trusty little rubber band “Fredlet”, to see us through for the next
750miles! The wind eased up more than anticipated, which we were happy about,
as it forced us to motorsail a lot
more, reducing the load on “Fredlet”. Once again, he saved
our bacon, not missing a beat all the way to Bundaberg. Once again, “a good
little old one, beats a big new expensive Raymarine one!” <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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onto the Bundaberg port marina quarantine dock. There, we were met by
courteous, friendly, and efficient Aussie officials…. A far cry from the
fearful stories we had all heard about!</b></div>
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Eastern side of the island. It is not an official Port of Entry, but for the
sum of V5000, one can arrange to either leave the boat at anchor, and travel
across the island by 4x4 to Lenakel to clear in,( for a further V3000),or….,
one can arrange for the Customs and Immigration officials to come to you….. for
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">An Australian aid organisation donated an IT centre with 10 computers powered by solar panels and a battery bank to this primary school. Sadly, there is no one in the village who can teach the kiddies how to use them.</span></b></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The anchorage in Lenakel is not well
protected, so many yachties choose one of the above options. The whole process
of clearing in and out of Vanuatu is pretty expensive, and sadly, it is causing
many cruisers to miss out on a great cruising experience. We paid V5000 for
customs clearance into Aneityum, plus V5000 surcharge, as it is not an official
port of entry. We then paid V4800 for Immigration clearance when we got to
Tanna, plus the V3000 x2, to travel to Lenakel to clear out, plus a further
V5000, because the boat was in Port Resolution! All told, V25800, or +/- R 3250
for our 3 week s.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This excludes the Volcano tour (V12600),
and our V4000 “donation” towards school funds, in return for the experience of
sharing a village lunch prepared by school teacher Willie’s wife, Sheila.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But,
despite these costs, the people are very nice, helpful, and friendly, and it is
quite clear that they receive little to no help from their government.</span></b></div>
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gifts and items , which help to improve the quality of life … pens, paper,
books, crayons, reading glasses, basic medicines (given to the local nurse!),
fishing equipment, clothing, tools. This
was especially appreciated this year, after the last year’s cyclone, Pam, which devastated much of the southern Vanuatu islands,
crops and buildings. One feels totally relaxed and comfortable, with none of
the worries about personal safety and security which sadly seems part of life
the world over.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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building… a place which once obviously held a more prestigious position than it
does today! There is a VHF radio, but it does not work. There is a bar, but
there are no drinks for sale. Despite all this, various yachting rallies (ARC,
ICA etc) stop here, and make it their base, and one can imagine that for a few
brief weeks in the year, it takes on a very festive atmosphere, with its lovely
view over the anchorage! </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our main reason for heading on up to
Port Resolution , on the island of Tanna, was to see and experience Mt Yasur,
probably the world’s most accessible active volcano. It was rather a lumpy/shitty motoring trip
up, and we were very grateful to drop the hook in the calm and sheltered bay,
named after Cook’s ship.</span></b><br />
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(12600 Vatu, +/- R 1750 for both of us),
for the Sunday, and were taken on a very bumpy 45minute 4x4 ride up to
within 150mts of the summit. From the drop off point it is an easy hike up to
the lip, which is done just before sunset. Mother Nature then starts showing
off her earth shuddering, noisy, and spectacular pyrotechnic power! Still pics
cannot do it justice, so we did our best to capture some video footage, which
turned out surprisingly well! We had great fun the following day putting it all
together into a 10 minute clip, and we will surely bore you all with it when we
get home!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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through to Lenakel, on the other side of Tanna, to clear out with Customs. This
trip takes one over the ash fields behind the volcano, so I have mixed up some
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Two days per week, Inyeug island is
packed with hundreds of Cruise liner tourists turning all shade of pink, and
paying for pictures of themselves being cooked alive, and shelling out a
further $2.00 to have a Mystery island
stamp in their passports! The curio market on the island is massive ,……… on 2
days per week. For the other 5 days it is uninhabited, and there for the
yachties to enjoy as their own, which we did! <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Rod and Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981425397910767563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788937293944729071.post-23556783850597455812015-10-19T03:18:00.000-07:002015-10-19T03:18:53.510-07:00Aneityum Tumas gudfala island<div class="MsoNormal">
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is the most southern island in
Vanuatu, and only about 480 nautical miles from Fiji, but it is not a point of
entry into Vanuatu. To visit, one has to have made special application with the
authorities in Port Villa, (which is readily given!), and then check in with
the local policeman, and pay your initial entry fees to him! (10 000 Vatu, +/-
R1250)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is however, well worth making the
effort, as it was quite one of the nicest anchorages, and islands we have
visited for a long, long time!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The trip down, although short, was
very different from that suggested by weather guru Bob! As he always points
out, “weather is a function of systems combined with chaos!” We had a bit more
chaos than system! We also had, for one
day, the glassiest and calmest windless day we have ever experienced! The rest
was a mixed bag!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Once inside the anchorage, and behind
the reef and Mystery Island, it all opens up into a really special place! <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is a school, a police station,
a bank, and a basic trading co-op store. The bank and the police station were
donated by foreign aid, which is clearly the main source of GDP. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The local language is Bislama, which
is a form of ‘pidgin English”, very reminiscent of Aussie Aboriginal English,
and only has a vocabulary of around 2500 words……… the most common of which seems to be “blong”, which
has a very wide range of applications! The signs and notices were delightful
and quaint. The Lonely Planet’s Guide gives a few examples!!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I just have to share a few!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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A conference
Toktok togeta<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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f-k !!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A key attraction in Aneityum, is the
Mystery Island (Inyeug island), which is reputed to be inhabited by spirits,
and as such, is uninhabited . It is, however, the main tourist attraction ,
with cruise liners delivering thousands of tourists every Tuesday and Thursday.
Yachties like ourselves, are lucky enough to have the entire island to
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Rod and Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08981425397910767563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788937293944729071.post-52154990486371444862015-10-19T02:47:00.000-07:002015-10-19T02:47:59.847-07:00Farewell to Fiji<div class="MsoNormal">
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it was time to get moving once again!
But before we left Blue Lagoon, up in the Yasawa’s, Mary and Chris took a 2 hour walk over the Nanunya Island to Lo’s
Tea House, for tea and chocolate cake! Steve
and I elected to do a bit of boat work, and wait for the girls at the resort’s
pub, at Happy Hour!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A very enterprising local farmer peddling his fruit and veg to appreciative cruisers.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We had a last “Lovo and Meke” evening
together, (earth oven feast, and traditional dance) for the Saturday night. It
was more expensive, ($100 per head, +/- R600 each), but the food, dancing, and
general ambience, were much better than
the one at Coral View, and a whole lot of fun! All the performers are local
villagers, and resort staff, with $20 of each fee going to the villagers.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As Mary and I needed to say cheers
to Jaqui and Walter (JeanMarie) in Mololo Lai Lai, we set off back down the
Yasawa’s, stopping for a night each at
Naviti, and Waya south, before spending a couple of days at the beautiful, uninhabited
island anchorage, Navadra, in the Mamanucas. We shared the anchorage with the
superyacht, “Encore”, and enjoyed some good coral snorkeling and sunsets!</span></b><br />
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following day was disrupted by an unscheduled southerly blast, that made
conditions horrible….. so we turned tail, and headed back to the more protected
Waya South anchorage for the night. No sooner had we anchored, than conditions
returned to normal, and we had yet another lovely evening and sunset!<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It was a good call, and our trip the
next day, in flat calm conditions, allowed us to pick an interesting route through
the other Mamanuca islands, past Mana, and back to Mololo, via the northern
entrance.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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filling up with diesel, doing the washing, enjoying the Dollar bar, before enjoying
a good fast sail back to the calm and
“free”, Saweni Bay! <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Scott Free”, had meanwhile returned
from Blue Lagoon, and stopped at
Draquawa island to swim with the Manta rays. From there they went to Denarau,
to do there refueling, as the Musket Cove regatta was in full swing. They then
joined us in Saweni, with the intention of clearing out together, before heading
for Vanuatu .</span></b></div>
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had not been there before and we would then be able to watch the England
vs Fiji RWC opening match, which England managed to win quite well, …….. unlike
the Bafanaboks vs Japan, whose efforts , with the added, and increasingly vocal
support of our ANC rulers, are becoming more and more like Bafana Bafana in
terms of results! Lets hope they can get
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out. We anchored off the wharf around 8.00am, and it took a ridiculous 3 ½
hours for the single incredibly slow, but
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polite official, to stamp and staple our pre filled documents,
thereafter informing us that we were not only free to go…….. but must go now,
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to anchor off the Navula passage ,in Momi Bay, ready for an early morning exit
through the pass, so we anchored again at Denarau, just before dark, only
managing to clear the passage around 14.00hr the next day.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Fiji weather gods would at last play ball, and allow us to see the side
everyone raves about!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Waya South, was an idyllic cruise. We had intended to spend the first night off
Yalobi Village, but we had arrived earlier than planned, so decided to go on up
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which was a little reminiscent of Fatu Hiva (Bay of Virgins, Marqueses), but
instead of the towering phallic rocks, this bay sported Madonna’s pointy boobs!</span></b><br />
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pleasure”, they said!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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the weather gods, for, just as the sun went down, the wind swung to the north,
and quickly built to 25+Knots, putting us on a rocky lee shore. We quickly
hauled anchor while there was still some daylight left, and dropped on the
other side of the bay, hoping to get a little more protection, and distance
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badly, despite having 50+mts of chain out in 8mts depth. At 3.00am, Mary heard
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behind us, so elected to unhook the bridle, and lay out another 20mts of chain,
in order to get the Rocna to re-set, which it did. We still spent another 4
hours thrashing about until dawn, when the wind dropped, and the sea calmed.
Nevertheless, we could not wait to get away, and find a quiet and sheltered
anchorage to drop the hook, and catch up on some sleep!</span></b></div>
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the west of Naviti Island, (Natuvalo Bay), where we chilled out for 2 days, and
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weather to do the next 15 miles up to the Blue Lagoon, where we intended to
park off for a couple of weeks, and to await the arrival of our cruising mates,
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anchorage, with lots of reefs, crystal clear water, a small new resort, with a
yachtie friendly Happy Hour, lovely white beaches, some walks, and plenty of
turnover of yachts, planes, ferries and cruise boats. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>A final memory .......of Mary Dancing with Fish......</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Situated on Malolo Lai Lai, to the south of the Mamanuca islands, this
major tourist mecca for travelers to Fiji, started out as a major meeting place
for cruisers. Today the financial impact
of cruising yachts is negligible, but it still serves as a great place where
cruisers can get together to socialize.</span></b><br />
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priced) for fly in tourists, and include everything from kite boarding and
windsurfing, through diving to sky diving! Seaplanes, helicopters and high
speed catamarans bring in shed loads of lily white holiday makers, and return
them in shades from scarlet to golden
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about 7 miles from Denarau, which, in turn, is only about 10/11miles from
Musket Cove. It is only about 20 miles from Lautoka, and 15 from Vuda Point
Marina, so is very conveniently located. It is only a 2-3 hour sail into Saweni
Bay, and if one is lucky enough, one can catch a decent fish en route!<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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There are two other resorts on Malolo Lai Lai, Plantation, and another adults
only resort, a time share resort, which is part of Musket Cove, plus a number
of private luxury homes. Every
foreign registered yacht can sign
in for life time membership to be able to use the facilities.($5 for the
skipper, and $10 for each crew member.) Dick’s Restaurant, the Dollar Bar with
barbeques, cafes, watersport services, ablution blocks, laundry and garbage
disposal make all make it quite attractive when one craves a bit of luxury!<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is a steady stream of cruising
yachts passing through, some of which are a bit more “flash”, and slightly
bigger than ourselves!<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As is the case everywhere in Fiji
waters, one has to be aware of reefs , but to my mind, another less talked
about danger, is the speeding power boats, dive boats, taxi boats, who feel zip
about speeding in and amongst anchored yachts. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is also a busy powered pirate
ship “Whale Tale”,(with token sail), which does daily trips, bristling with
punters, between Denarau, and Bounty Island/Treasure Island. The skipper has no clue about “Rules of the
Road” and<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> right of way at sea. Yesterday, while we were
having a great sail back, doing 7.0 -7.5 knots, on a starboard tack, the idiot
skipper felt he could pass clear in front of us safely, and give his punters a
little bit of excitement to boot! He was wrong, and we had to harden up
30degrees at the last moment to pass behind hind, before reverting to our
course. And clearly, we are not the only
boat with whom he has played “chicken”, as we have heard a couple of yachts
demanding over the VHF, that he makes his intentions clear! He is now referred
to as the Whale Tale Wanker on Sheer Tenacity!<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Perhaps he is a relocated South
African Taxi driver? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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