Just an hours drive outside of Cairns is the beautiful Daintree National park; there is a welcome center here and a walk that leads up into the amazing tropical forest.
Nope Nothing To See Here
Its really nice to start a new adventure in the same place where we left our last one… A year and a half ago, we ended our south pacific journey in the backpacker city of Cairns, Australia. It was the finish line after a pretty epic adventure.
How did I end up here? Random coincidence or destiny? By Karin
There are several choices that have created shifts in my life and a few that stand out above the rest.
It seems like the universal Karmic scales have balanced for Delos, giving back in spirit what was taken from us last season.
Apparently there’s this thing out there called The Facebook and The Twitter and it seems to be catching on. We’ve given into social anti-social pressure and created a new position called “Social Media Deck Hand” AKA JosjeRama.
I have been back on Delos for 12 days now. It truly feels like I never left. Its hard to believe that the last time I was here was over a year ago.
Getting off the dock is the first step and sometimes you just have to unhook that umbilical cord that delivers unlimited power and water and just do it. Just get off the dock and see what happens.
When we pulled Delos into the Bundaberg Port Marina last February there was a lot of uncertainty in my life. I honestly had no idea if this would be our last adventure together, or if by some lucky stroke of the stars I’d be allowed to continue on.
Delos Drinks Kava on Tanna Island, Vanuatu- Sailing SV Delos Ep. 14
Vanuatu has the strongest Kava in the world. Tanna Island has the strongest Kava in Vanuatu. Sulfer Bay has the strongest Kava on Tanna.
Follow the crew of S\V Delos as we sail the South Pacific, visiting Mt. Yasur, the very active volcano located on Tanna Island in Vanuatu.
The Delos crew leaves New Zealand behind and sets sail for Fiji. We spent the next 9 days sailing the 1000 NM passage from Opua, New Zealand to Suva, Fiji.
After sailing from Seattle to New Zealand through a good chunk of the South Pacific the Delos crew parks the boat in Auckland for 6 months to explore Aotearoa by land before preparing to sail to Fiji.
Wow, if you asked me where I’d be living 4 years ago I’d never, ever have guessed Melbourne (pronounced Melbin’). But yet here I am living on the South coast in the Land Down Under. I’m only 300 miles from Tasmania! Life’s strange like that.
As I sit here writing this it’s been just over 9 months since we cast off the dock lines in New Zealand and headed back to the islands. 9 Months! It seems like just a few weeks ago we set sail for Fiji.
We left Ghizo, Solomon Islands with a forecast for light and variable winds and were prepared to motor for a day or so looking for breeze. Fortunately the passage gods smiled and gave us 5-10 knots right out of the reef.
Delos is currently 640 miles from Cairns, Australia! She is sailing at an impressive 7.5 knots with 17 knots of breeze on the beam. At this rate we should make landfall sometime on Monday!
Beneath the surface there is more, much more than I ever thought there could be. This rule applies to most things in our world; there is always more than meets the eye.
If I had $1 for every time I’ve been asked “So, do you carry guns?”, let’s just say I wouldn’t need to work when we arrive on Australian shores. Seriously, I’ve been asked this question a lot over the past years. And never, ever did the relevance sink in until recently.