Australia Based Bristol Rose

Brisbane River City Cats Signage

 Moving back into the mainstream of life has its challenges.  As well as all kinds of crazy weather in Queensland, we've been confronted with some serious culture shock.  Our experiences are fairly mundane compared with everything we experienced in crossing the Pacific.  

Bristol Rose in her slip at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron

Getting settled in Brisbane, working, enjoying the sunshine, favourite foods.  Unfortunately not a lot of time to keep our blog up to date and friends have been asking if Cyclone Yasi got us.

Pumpkin in the markets and roast pumpkin on the menu, yum!

A tower of lamingtons! 
The stuff of cravings when we lived in the US, far away from an Aussie cake shop.

Buckets of gerberas

Rainbow Lorikeet building a nest

Attitude, contender in the Brisbane to Gladstone multihull race.

Bristol Rose is being hauled out this week for routine annual maintenance. Our habit is to change engine oil and filters every 100 hours (Yanmar recommends every 200 hours) and changing the impeller every two years as recommended by Yanmar. Captain and crew have done a great job maintaining the boat above and below deck. We are looking forward to a good go-over when she comes out of the water including new bottom paint, servicing all thru hull fittings like seacocks, transducer, inspecting rudder post and prop shaft.

Manly, Queensland