Opua, New Zealand So there we were (doesn’t every great story start that way?) in Coff’s Harbour and little did we know that this would be the end of our Australian East Coast Adventure. [fgallery id=11 w=450 h=385 t=0 title=”Great Australian East Coast Adventure”] We were doing a bit of work at a hostel in …
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Looking to sail around the world as crew like us for a few years or maybe just take a week or two and have the adventure of a lifetime? When we started this journey of sailing the world by working on other people’s boats we had a really hard time finding information to get started. …
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Kuta, Bali, Indonesia Sailing out of Australia would have been a great idea except for two things: 1) We had arranged to meet Tiffany’s sister in Bali on a specific date. 2) Our work holiday visa in Australia was expiring fast. As we’ve said before, a key element to being good crew is being able …
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Karumba, QLD, AU How the heck are we doing this? This article comes by way of a reader. Travis asks: “I love to travel and have recently come to the decision that I should spend my youth doing what I love. I found your blog while searching the internet for how to get it done, …
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States It is once again time for Greg’s birthday entry- One can always rely on family to ask the questions everyone else is quietly wondering about: “Greg, it’s been almost 4 years now. Aren’t you worried about the world just passing you by?” The exact words change from member to member but …
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Enroute Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia Like we said, Uluru (AKA – Ayer’s Rock) is not IN Alice Springs. It’s 287 miles away. Then there’s the whole bit of us then needing to immediately backtrack that whole route in order to make the 1786 mile drive from Uluru to Cairns. Through, might we remind you, that …
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Adelaide, SA, AU The Beast in sleep mode We were asked if we thought we got ripped off and lost money on our Aussie car when it broke down and we were forced to scrap it. Some of you may recall that in New Zealand we managed to sell our car for the same price …
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Enroute Coff’s Harbour, AU As many of you know the main question we get when it come to how get started as volunteer crew is how to deal with seasickness. The second most often asked question is similar to the one Mike asked us a few weeks ago: “All signs in my life point towards …
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