Did you think I meant “2020 – It’s a Wrap”? No, I definitely meant warp. I think 2020 has been twisted, bent, distorted, and has

This post is about our passage from Iluka/Yamba to Queensland, specifically Hope Island. Hope Island was named after a colonial aristocrat, Captain Louis Hope, who

It’s long been a dream of mine to cruise the Clarence River, after first visiting the region in the late 1980s. Also, the various brochures

This post is about our passage from Coffs Harbour to Iluka. Iluka, an aboriginal word meaning ‘near the sea’ sits at the mouth of the

Or…when retired, do what you want and when you want to do it! It’s been a while since I wrote a blog because, well frankly,

I have a rather amusing story about Queen’s song, Fat Bottomed Girls! Quite some years ago when my son was about 6 or 7 and

After about 3 weeks at Soldiers Point Marina, the weather improved enough for us to travel from Port Stephens to Coffs Harbour. Forecasts indicated 3

This Port Stephens Pictorial shows photos taken during our stay at Soldiers Point Marina, Port Stephens.  These were taken with a Samsung Galaxy S10+ phone.

When we started on this adventure, I knew weather and tides would be a big factor for passage planning, but I think it’s fair to

This post is about our passage from Newcastle to Port Stephens. Port Stephens is twice the size of Sydney Harbour, has 26 beaches, monumental sand dunes

This post is about our passage from Lake Macquarie to Newcastle. Newcastle Harbour is one of Australia’s most diverse regional ports and one of the world’s

This Lake Macquarie Pictorial shows photos taken during our stay at Lake Macquarie. These were taken with a Samsung Galaxy S10+ phone. If you want

This post is about our adventure from Brooklyn to Lake Macquarie, NSW. Lake Macquarie or Awaba is Australia’s largest coastal salt water lake. This is

…sometimes it’s champagne and cake! If I think back on the 5 months we’ve spent living aboard Poseidon, we’ve certainly had a great time, but

After  buying a new tender, Robert suggested I make boat chaps to help protect the inflatable tubes. Having no clue what chaps were, I ‘googled’

In December 2019 we started a refurbishment of our boat’s foredeck and we finally finished mid-May 2020. Our foredeck refurb included: Removing and replacing the

It’s been a busy couple of weeks on Poseidon. What was initially going to be a quick ‘out of water’ boat survey, so that we

Imagine the following scenario… I’m driving the boat up from the flybridge towards a mooring buoy. Robert’s down on the deck getting ready to hook

Recently, I looked in the mirror and thought “Hmmm, my legs are getting thinner (yay)”. Then I realised it was because my muscle mass was

AKA, “Where old boats go to die“. I like exercising and with the current social distancing requirements, due to the coronavirus pandemic, I recently started

We’ve been doing a lot of work on the Bomar escape hatches lately – this will be a separate post coming soon(ish) – and I

I was going to call this post ‘How many towels do we need?‘ but I thought the current title is more interesting. And before we

Did you spot the error in the title? It was intentional and included just to show you that it is OK not to be perfect! And