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Well, it's been a while.

This unintentional hiatus, is the result of a few weeks off the boat.

Since being in Sydney, we've spent more time OFF the boat than on it. Not because we're over it, on the contrary, we really miss the old girl, it's just that we've had a few land lubbing things to attend to.

We're also currently having a quick trip up to Brissy (by car - 'quick' and 'trip' with regards to our sailboat is an oxymoron), and are going to scope out a couple of ports & anchorages on the way back down to Sydney... get our bearings, check out the sandbars, entrances, etc... just to get our heads around what we might be in for next year...

Christmas is frighteningly close, so we'll have to lash a lit twig to the mast somehow, fling a bit of tinsel round the joint, upload a very funky Christmas to the music system and [hopefully] it will make up for at least a skerrick of missed family..

We have been spending a lot of time whilst in Brissy in deep water pools, and I'm very relieved to say, that finally Roo can hold his own in the deep water. Thank God. Cooks is also the proud owner of a good old pair of floaties, which seem to out perform any fandangle new buoyancy thingo that is on the market now. Go the Floaties.

The next two weeks we will be getting Awaitea ready for my Mum and Dad to visit, completing the shade structures, and fixing a nagging battery problem. Just the usual suspects.

Can't wait to get back on Awaitea next week, and for the hilarity of our lives to recommence.

Look out. x