New boat, new adventures await!

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Farewell Manookatoo...
2022 has certainly been an "interesting" year....it started with concerns about covid restrictions, which saw us celebrating New Years Eve on our own in Melbourne, followed up with a trip to Queensland, to sell Manookatoo and plan a caravan and camping adventure, only to be stymied by medical events requiring a long, cold winter in Melbourne...but, as soon as we could we were on the road north again, leaving the cold behind and thinking about caravan trips, and then...along came the perfect boat, just right for us!!

Hello Liberty!
"Liberty" is a 2014 Clipper Cordova 45 flybridge cruiser, similar enough to Manookatoo to make us feel at home, but newer, fancier and bigger, giving us room for guests, extra safety features and comforts we can enjoy, all the while being our "home away from home" wherever we may choose to drop anchor or tie up. We were fortunate to find a boat broker who knew exactly what we wanted and alerted us to Liberty before she officially went to market, allowing us the opportunity to make a successful bid almost straight away.

The official handover
At present Liberty is berthed at Runaway Bay Marina while we get to learn all about her and we have a couple of improvements, such as solar panels and extra covers, fitted. We are hopeful that early next year we will be ready to start cruising north, but in the meantime we are enjoying regular cruises to a few favourite places - Paradise Point, Tipplers and Millionaires, Australia Fair - just to name a few.

We look forward to sharing our adventures with you and hope you will enjoy hearing about them!

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