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Our blog takes an honest, transparent and entertaining look at the highs and lows of down-sizing, living on a boat and practicing the fine the art of transitioning to retirement. Based on our own experiences, we turn arm chair travellers into real life adventurers and our philosophy is “Live your life”
Cheers, Tessa and Marty
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You will find articles on topics such how it all began, as well as the highs and lows of busy life as we start preparing for new beginnings in our post titled why do we like rollercoasters, and some of our adventures in the post on snorkelling with Mantra Rays, Captain Panda and Chris… Eka canoes.
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2025
- February 5 Best paint job ever
- September 10 Trapped by an anchor chain and how we broke free
- August 7 Digging the sailing life…
- July 7 When common sense failed me
- April 28 A tad too far
- April 18 A life less hectic
- April 10 My search for happiness
- March 29 Life is an adventure
- February 23 A small splash for me
- February 22 Love that old time feeling
- February 5 Peak-hour… Friday morning commute
- February 1 See you soon Moo and Nitro.
- January 25 Tradie hour
- January 18 Selling the car
- December 12 Oh, what a day…
- December 1 Climbing the mast… FYI (it’s 23 meters)
- November 3 Departing Sanctuary Cove Marina, take 2…
- November 1 Perhaps, today is the day….
- October 7 Marty’s Gluten Free Bread – Recipe
- September 28 Firsts
- September 22 ‘Beached As’ and how we recovered…
- August 27 Bob, the dinghy and mudflats…
- August 27 Peak hour…
- July 20 Get me out of here!!
- July 8 The boat is not big enough…
- July 7 Scoot scoot
- May 21 A giggle to end your day on…
- May 4 Kamikazi Prawns
- October 29 Our Galley, easy cooking in small spaces
- September 27 Good friends and a few too many….
- September 8 Under pressure rip-cord.
- August 2 Still learning…
- July 17 Transitions and Time Warps
- June 14 It was oh so quiet
- April 10 Some kind of bliss
- April 1 A curve ball
- February 17 They say, art is not art until it is shipped.
- February 16 Insights from saying good-bye to our TV.
- February 7 Downsizing Shoe Spotlight! Nat-Sui sandals.
- February 5 This is Australia, QLD style
- January 27 Why do we like roller coasters? Part 2
- January 9 Marina life part 2
- January 3 All so quiet – and then…
- December 18 Delays, Decisions and New Deadlines
- December 6 Thinking out loud
- November 30 Why do we like roller coasters?
- November 21 Chasing silver linings
- November 13 Downsizing strategies and me…
- November 6 Learnings from the week that was…
- October 23 A change of pace…
- October 22 Our Philosophy ‘What are you waiting for?’
- October 21 Removing the mast…
- October 19 Friday night drinks take 2…
- October 16 Attempting to get serious about downsizing…
- September 27 A perfect day
- September 26 My mother said there would be days like this
- September 24 Be careful what you ask for…
- September 22 Confessions of a shoeaholic!!!!
- September 8 A new beginning, times are changing