Graptolite - It's a Long Long Way to Tipperary

Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Sat 30 Aug 2008 11:47
12:26.91S 130:51.01E Tipperary Waters Marina, Darwin, NT, Australia Sat 30th
Aug PM

The good tides were caught on Thursday from Cape Don through Van Diemen Gulf
to the Beagle Gulf and on to Darwin. We anchored in Fannie Bay and the
Fisheries diver came and squirted pink stuff in all our seawater pipes to
kill any nasty shellfish. That evening we went ashore to the Mendil Beach
Night Market. We had a nice selection of Australian 'roadkill' from one
stall. Croc, possum, wombat etc. It's that kind of place!

On Friday morning we caught the high tide through the lock gates of
Tipperary Waters Marina. There was a barbecue hosted by HMAS Coonawara Naval
Base in the evening. Lots of beer was necked. Heiki flew down to Melbourne
on Saturday night to drive the Great Ocean Road to Adelaide. She reports
that it is the best scenic drive ever and she has seen hundreds of koalas
clambering about hugging gum trees. Maybe. Saturday morning Tom and I
breakfasted at the marina and went off to the One-Day Cricket International
between Australia and Bangladesh. Even more beer was necked and Australia
won, surprise, surprise.

M