by Mad Crew | Mar 25, 2020 | Australia, Tasmania |
Everything we had planned for our Tasmania trip has happened without any hitches (fingers and toes crossed), the last on the to do list was to anti-foul here for the simple reason the hardstand lift was a fraction of the cost of mainland Australia, so after...
by Mad Crew | Feb 28, 2020 | Australia, Tasmania |
After the Overland Track it was time to get in a rental car and see some of the other sites. Other sites involved visiting the vast number of wine, cheese, beer and gin distilleries all over the island. First stop was the lovely city of Launceston which is a...
by Mad Crew | Feb 14, 2020 | Australia, Tasmania |
The Overland Track in Tasmania is one of the great hikes worldwide. On a par with the West Coast Trail that Jacqui and I accomplished back in 2013. The hike has been in the works for a few months and I was not involved in any of the planning and timeline...
by Mad Crew | Jan 26, 2020 | Australia, Tasmania |
Spent a couple of days on a mooring buoy in Sandy Bay outside of the Royal Tasmania Yacht Club. Was not interested in spending over $100 to stay there and besides they didn’t even call us back. Took the dinghy in to the city and found the Kathmandu...
by Mad Crew | Oct 18, 2019 | Australia, Coral Sea, Queensland Coast |
In August 1770, Captain Cook named Lizard Island because all he found here were lizards. He ventured to the top of the island to see if there was a way through the reef and into the ocean. From the top of the island you can see what Cook discovered and they...
by Mad Crew | Sep 30, 2019 | Australia, Coral Sea, Queensland Coast |
After our guests left us in Airlie Beach we gathered some more provisions with the courtesy car(ute) from Abell Point Marina and left the next morning for Cape Gloucester. The passage between Cape Gloucester and Gloucester Island is a little sketchy, but...