Rebel: Hobart to Bundaberg 2010

Scarborough Marina

Rebel — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:46:00 +0200

Tomorrow we fly off to South Africa for seven weeks and will leave Rebel in the Scarbor...

Jacobs Well, Karragarra, Peel Island

Rebel — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:36:00 +0200

Plan Four arrived in Jacobs Well under sail (real show offs!) and joined us for roast chicken. We all found that anc...

Southport to Jacobs Well

Rebel — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:05:00 +0200

I forgot to mention that on our trip from Iluka to Southport Ashymakaihken managed to pass us in the night. As we al...

Southport Queensland

Rebel — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:55:00 +0200

We finally got the weather window we had been waiting for and left Iluka on Monday at noon on a cloudless day. The wind was a lovely consistant 20 ...

Iluka...still

Rebel — Sat, 29 May 2010 08:29:00 +0200

It seems hard to believe that we have been in Iluka for 10 days now. Periodically our trip north from Hobart has been held by up advers...

Our own private gale

Rebel — Wed, 19 May 2010 08:19:00 +0200

The trip from Trial Bay to Yamba started off with a huge storm lurking in the distance and light rain. We left around 15.30 and the fir...

Escape from Port Stephens to Trial Bay

Rebel — Tue, 18 May 2010 08:09:00 +0200

Bright and early on Sunday morning we said goodbye to Port Stephens. The...

Going nowhere

Rebel — Sat, 15 May 2010 10:07:00 +0200

Colin and Cyndy took the good weather with them…. strong wind from the south west made the mooring outside Nelson Bay Harbour very uncomf...

Pittwater to Port Stephens

Rebel — Sat, 08 May 2010 09:57:00 +0200

Equipped with new batteries we headed off to Morning Bay for the day with Chris (ex-collegue of Ian’s) and Rosemary Holland o...

Up to Pittwater

Rebel — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:47:00 +0200

We have migrated north in stops and starts – spent a night in ...

Wednesday morning mist in Blackwattle Bay

Rebel — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:57:00 +0200

This morning this mist moved in from the north and within 15 minutes you could hardly see the boat next door. The rowers were still out there train...

Peace and calm in Blackwattle Bay

Rebel — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:22:00 +0200

It has been a week now since we dropped anchor in Blackwattle Bay opposite the fish market and the weather has been ...

Sydney at last

Rebel — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:34:00 +0200

We spent a lovely weekend off Jibbon Beach and got to catch up with Doris and Robert and generally enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of Port Hacking. Tu...

Jervis Bay to Port Hacking

Rebel — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 06:39:00 +0200

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From Jervi...

Jervis Bay and friends from way back

Rebel — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:45:00 +0200

Before leaving Eden we hiked around the south peninsular, taking in the amazing rock formations and swatting mosquitoes to death. Our t...

Farewell Tasmania

Rebel — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:41:00 +0200

After two aborted attempts to leave Tasmania we finally got underway on Tuesday. The St...

St Helens

Rebel — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:57:00 +0200

The St Helens coast guard met us in the bay and guided us over the bar a...

Going nowhere...

Rebel — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:06:00 +0100

Jamieson Bay 40 26’99S 148 26’ 04 18^th...

Hiding behind Cape Barren Island

Rebel — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:12:00 +0100

On a reasonable forecast we headed off to Cape Barren Island with the intention of anchoring in Jamieson Bay and then heading up to Babel Island. H...

Eddystone Point

Rebel — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:14:00 +0100

After an eventful night with the wind swinging and low tide combining to set off the anchor alarm at 2.15am….. on assessment we decided t...

No swell turquoise water

Rebel — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:10:00 +0100

Forecast wind of 10-20knts turned out to be a more or less consistent 30knts and the swell was something horrible. While the wind finally died down...

Fuel pump fixed...

Rebel — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:26:00 +0100

After loosening and tightening everything, and unpacking every cupboard to check fuses (none blown), the power supply to the fuel pump has been fix...

Never a dull moment

Rebel — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:45:00 +0100

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What does trouble a...

North Bay

Rebel — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:39:00 +0100

Trashed my first asttempt at writing this blog as the map was not doing what I wanted it to. This entry is merely to record our night one location....

Goodbye Hobart

Rebel — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:30:00 +0100

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One year ...