We are in Australia! For some reason, this feels like an accomplishment. I keep telling the kids, “Now you can say you’ve sailed to Australia!” They are underwhelmed. I think they figure they can tell people they’ve sailed to any of the places we have been . . . and they’re right. I think it’s […]
Author: Lara
Australia passage photos
Just a glimpse at some of the ways we spent our time on the way to Australia
Erromango and Port Vila
I just finished playing sailor and it turned out OK. We’re on the third night of our passage to Australia, with about 460 miles to go of a 1,200 mile passage. So far, the wind and waves have combined to make it a fast, if lumpy, ride. Fast and splashy. All of the hatches are […]
Vanuatu photos
I had more good photos of Vanuatu so I’m just doing an extra post to have somewhere to put them.
Tanna Wild: Ashboarding in Port Resolution
The day after arriving in Port Resolution and doing the night tour of the volcano, we did some adventuring with a new group called Tanna Wild. They took our family, Aurora B’s foursome (Ed, Gemma, Eva, Henry), and the children of Manihi (Patrick, Alec, Max, Daisy) on a multi-faceted adventure tour. We started with a […]
Mount Yasur
The day after we arrived in Port Resolution on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu, we did a tour of Mount Yasur with the World ARC. Here are a few photos.
Musket Cove to Vanuatu
We had a lovely visit with the Hagans who left us a week ago. We went to an island called Mana with them after leaving Volivoli point. Supposedly they were filming Survivor there but had wrapped up the day before so we didn’t see anything related to it. Nikitoo was there and invited us over […]
Fiji 9: Fijian Fourth
July 4, 2019 After leaving Savusavu, we headed to Volivoli Point (the double names continue) where there is a fabulous diving resort run by the same family (probably from New Zealand) for the past 25 years or so. We toured around the area, sampling several swimming locations, and then anchored near Aurora B by the […]
Fiji 8: Off to Viti Levu
July 1, 2019 The sky is infested with stars and the sea is infested with squid! Perhaps they have been there all along but tonight we have spotted them. We normally don’t have the searchlight out on overnight passages but Fiji has particularly tricky waters so Joe was looking at something with our high-powered light. […]
Fiji 7: Savusavu and Taveuni
June 28, 2019 We have continued to enjoy Fiji. We left the Bay of Islands after some fantastic snorkeling, bat watching, and climbing. Next we traveled with Aurora B to Taveuni. We had some interesting experiences there and then left for the island of Vanua Levu where we are now moored, just outside of the […]