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Weathered, Welded and Finally Underway!

July 28, 2026by Nikkiloolah Leave a comment

Well… it appears I’ve become a rather neglectful blogger! I’ve been having far too much fun learning how to post videos of our sailing adventures on Instagram. Avery, together with […]

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East Coast of Australia, Freedom 39, Instagram, Nikkiloolah, Rosslyn Bay Marina, Stars End 2 Freedom 39, Whitsundays, Yeppoon

Sandy Straits June 2026

July 5, 2026by Nikkiloolah 2 Comments

Once we’d safely crossed the Wide Bay Bar and entered the Sandy Straits, we spent the next week doing what we enjoy most—slowly hopping our way up the inside of […]

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Sailaway in SE2- June 2026

June 19, 2026by Nikkiloolah 3 Comments

After talking about it, planning for it, and finding countless reasons to delay our departure, we are finally aboard Stars End 2, heading north with no fixed plans, no timetable, […]

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The Long Journey Home Continues- Darwin to Port Douglas.

November 22, 2020by Nikkiloolah 3 Comments

By the time we had completed our epic voyage from India to Darwin, I was so ‘over’ headwind sailing that I wasn’t even sure whether I wanted to continue cruising […]

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The Long Way Home- Part 2

October 14, 2020by Nikkiloolah 4 Comments

On May 3rd, a tropical depression had formed 600 miles northwest of Christmas Island where we were waiting for a decent weather window to continue our long passage back from […]

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The Only Way Home- Part 1: India to the Maldives to Christmas Island

June 18, 2020by Nikkiloolah 6 Comments

In early March we returned from a lovely two week break in Goa, 750 kms north from where Stars End 2 was moored in a marina just off the bustling […]

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Cruising 2020, Our story

Kochi, India

February 23, 2020by Nikkiloolah

We’ve been in India for one month.Whilst we were really looking forward to coming, I must say that it has far exceeded all our expectations. The diversity and richness of […]

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Cruising 2020, Our story

A Passage to India

January 29, 2020by Nikkiloolah 2 Comments

Phuket to Cochin. Sail due east from Phuket for 2 days until you pass through the Sombrero Channel between the two main Nicobar Islands. then slowly veer south west for […]

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Cruising 2020, Our story

Time to move on

January 14, 2020by Nikkiloolah 2 Comments

There were unforeseen difficulties that prevented me updating my blog, when my computer crashed and I lost all my photographs from the last year. I waited in the hope of […]

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Cruising 2019, Our story

East to West, Engine problem Addressed

March 25, 2019by Nikkiloolah 2 Comments

How many of us put off doing something, then time passes and we realize that we have let things ride too long. The guilty feelings perpetuate a sense of helplessness […]

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Cruising 2019, Malaysia, Our story

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  • About Frank
  • About Nikki
  • Our yacht- ‘Stars End 2’

Previous posts

  • Weathered, Welded and Finally Underway!
  • Sandy Straits June 2026
  • Sailaway in SE2- June 2026
  • The Long Journey Home Continues- Darwin to Port Douglas.
  • The Long Way Home- Part 2
  • The Only Way Home- Part 1: India to the Maldives to Christmas Island
  • Kochi, India
  • A Passage to India
  • Time to move on
  • East to West, Engine problem Addressed
  • Stars End 2 Haul Out 2018
  • Rendezvous with Titan
  • Labuan to Kota Kinabalu
  • BRUNEI DARASSAMAN
  • Anambas to Miri
  • Passage from Makassar to Belitung
  • Flores to Sulewesi
  • Back to Indonesia
  • Lombok- by car.
  • Lombok
  • Komodo dragons, Gili Islands & Lombok
  • FLORES
  • Bau Bau, Tiger Islands, Jampea & Bonerate
  • Hoga Island & Sampela Village, home to the Bajo tribe of sea gypsies in Wakatobi Regency
  • PULAU BANDA NEIRA
  • Port Moresby to Debut, Indonesia
  • New Caledonia, Entrecasteaux Reefs and passage to Port Moresby
  • Passage from Opua to Noumea
  • Homeward Bound
  • CODDIWOMPLERS EXTRAORDINAIRE!
  • Nadia, Dave & Danny’s visit to the Bay of Islands
  • Bay of Islands
  • Ocean Passage to New Zealand
  • End of cruising season in Fiji 2016
  • Paul, Jenny & Max in Fiji
  • WIND, WEATHER & WHIMS STEER OUR COURSE
  • Season Start at Vuda Point Marina
  • ‘Fiji Time’ Transport
  • Families, Fond Memories, and Sad Farewells
  • Misty Mountain Magic
  • All Tied Up!
  • Snorkeling, Sunsets & Snakes
  • Change of plan!
  • McGuigans Red & a Rollicking good time with Dave & Lanie!
  • Circumnavigating Vanua Levu
  • Northward Bound
  • Paul & Jenny’s visit to Fiji
  • Port Vila to Fiji
  • Port Vila
  • Port Resolution to Port Vila!?

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