TOKETIE - Sails Away!

In August, 2006, S/V Toketie set out from Victoria, British Columbia and sailed South to Mexico, on to French Polynesia, Niue and Tonga following the well beaten path known as the 'coconut run' to New Zealand. In 2009 we sailed N to Fiji then on to New Caledonia en route to Australia! Toketie is now back home in British Columbia after a long passage via the N Pacific Ocean.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

cyclone season in Australia!

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Well, the cyclone season is well underway with 'Anthony' hitting the Queensland coast N or us and 'Yasi' cranking up to a Ca...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

Kangaroos!

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Across the road from the marina, in a dip in the grassy field, stepping carefully so as not to disturb any resting snakes, we found a family...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

More flooding in E Australia!

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The official death toll is now '12' with many more people missing.  Brisbane and Bundaberg airports are still open but surrounded by...
Friday, January 07, 2011

Flood waters have receded....

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...but not everyone escaped.....
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Friday, December 31, 2010

missing boats!

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Two absent owners of boats that were on the river during the flood have contacted us via comments on the blog or the YouTube video.  I have ...
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Toketie in the Bundaberg Flood on the Burnett River

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December 24, 2010 Burnett River, Bundaberg, Australia Christmas Eve! This is without a doubt one of the more difficult Chris...
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dinghy landing ramp downtown

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four boats entangled downtown

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debris in the river

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Klingon Battleship entangled!

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S/V Cloud Nine and catamaran entangled

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S/V Cloud Nine and catamaran coming down on Toketie

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Monday, December 27, 2010

Toketie on the Burnett River!

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This is a short clip of Toketie on the Burnett River in Bundaberg, Australia. The river continued to rise washing out most boats and the ma...
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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Merry Christmas from Toketie!

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Wishing everyone a very happy holiday season from downunder!
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Thursday, December 02, 2010

Avro Baby

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so bored....Linda has borrowed Bert Hinkler's old Avro to take flying lessons....
Thursday, November 25, 2010

Bats at dusk!

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Every night at dusk, thousands of flying fox fruit bats pass over us on their way to feed in the orchards downriver!  They are as large as p...

Toketie in Bundaberg!

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Toketie attached fore n aft in the river in Bundy! 

Midtown Marina

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The fishboats tie up to the funky old docks at Midtown Marina in Bundaberg!  When the tide is really low, the little dinghy landing dock at ...

dinghy landing

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This little dock was put in by the town for people living on the river to land their dinghies!  It has a beautiful walkway all lit up at nig...
Monday, November 15, 2010

Arrived Aus!

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After a bumpy but good passage, Toketie motored into Hervey Bay and up the river to Bundaberg Port Marina in the wee hours, arriving at sunr...
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Only about 60,000 nautical miles under Toketie's keel...so far....but actively working to add to it! Six years in the S Pacific, living the dream as they say, and now back in beautiful British Columbia!!
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