GPS: 27 28.041S 153 01.960E
Run: 4.3nm (7.8km)
We are still anchored in the Brisbane river. Not in the CBD, but closer to the mouth of the river. The cruise liners pass us every couple of days as they go up river to the passenger wharf.
Still busy with maintenance on the boat, we’ve ordered a new mainsail and the mizzen sail is being re-enforced. We bought and loaded new anchor chain onto Imagine (no mean feat) and a few other bits and pieces needed including replacing the blades on the wind generator that some bird thought he’d have a mating dance with! It’s been great to catch up with Ben, Amie & Lachlan a few times and we are looking at spending Christmas with them in Bundaberg if weather permits.
Then maybe sail down to Pittwater just north of Sydney for a few weeks before heading back up to Brisbane to prepare for next season and then around March/April, up the coast through the Whitsundays to Cairns. From there we will head back to Vanuatu to visit the other islands we didn’t get time to see and to take some things to Chief Sofren (Awel Island) and a couple of other villages to help make their lives easier.
We think we will then head north to the Torres islands, Santa Cruz islands, then Solomon islands We like to give you an idea of where we’re going in case anyone wants to come and catch up with us for a week or two as some of you mentioned you’d like to. Let us know if you are interested as we are starting to look at where we are going, approx when we will be there and we are also starting to look for crew for some of the journeys and we’d need to make sure we have room for you! As is the normal for anyone sailing, itinerary is “loose and flexible” as weather plays an important part.
