Swapping beautiful Bruny for fabulous Freycinet

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesIt was tough to leave Bruny but the drastic change in temperature helped get us underway.  We got an early ferry to Kettering, followed by a 3 ½ hour drive to Freycinet National Park. We were lucky enough to get a Campsite at Richardson’s Bay which operates on a lottery system in high summer. As…

Blogging – finally jumping in (splash!)

Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minuteDuring the summer of 2016 I crewed on a 40ft sailboat in the Pacific Cup which is a 2,070 mile Pacific Ocean crossing from San Francisco to Hawaii. I’m not sure why Greg and Susan were so keen to have me aboard; it certainly wasn’t for my limited sailing skills.  I suspect it was for…