Day 1,182: North, Miss Tessmacher!
Tue 27.03.12: Crystal had to be up for work at 8am, so that meant I had to be up as well. After dropping me in Fortitude Valley (sounds like an…
Day 1,181: How The South Pacific Was Won
26.03.12: The Pacific, south of the equator line, is now complete. Yes, there were a handful of territories – Niue, Tokelau, French Polynesia, Pitcairn & Easter Island – that I…
Days 1,175-1,180 Ships That Pass In The Night
Tue 20.03.12-Sun 25.03.12: We’ve got a new captain, Captain Bob, originally from North Liverpool. Old guy, smokes like a chimney. I’m three floors down and I can smell it through…
Days 1,171-1,174: An Express Elevator to Hell!
Fri 16.03.12 - Mon 19.03.12 We left Nauru at around 7pm, and I was disappointed that customs didn’t come back on board before we set sail. I would have liked…
Day 1,170: What Next?
Thu 15.03.12: With any luck and despite the lengthy delays here in Nauru and last week in Kiribati, the Scarlett Lucy should be back in Brisbane by Saturday March 24.…
Day 1,169: The Smallest Parliament in the World
Wed 14.03.12: Nauru has no natural harbour: its smooth potato-like shape does not offer the world any nooks or crannies to slip your vessel into. So like in Tarawa when…
Day 1,168: The Bird Man of Nauru
Tue 13.03.12: One of our cranes is broken. This means that yesterday, instead of unloading the 80 containers like we were meant to, we didn’t unload a single one. While…
Day 1,167: …And Then There Was SIX!
Mon 12.03.12: It may have taken me the best part of two months to get here from New Zealand, but I’m proud to announce that I AM NOW IN NAURU!!!…
Days 1,162-1,166 The Kings of Kiribati
Wed 07.03.12 – Sun 11.03.12: We arrived in Tarawa Atoll, Kiribati on Wednesday morning. Some infernal fishing vessel had stolen the one and only parking speck (don’t you hate it…
Days 1,156-1,161: SolBrew For The Soul
Thu 01.03.12 – Tue 06.03.12: We arrived in Honiara a at 8pm, a little later than expected, and thanks to our proximity to the equator, it was already dark. I…