V11/23 Tag

Ahoy landlubbers, armchair sailors and of course, our newly minted shellbacks! Today we farewelled our newest salty sea dogs but before I get ahead of myself allow me to start at the beginning! Day 11 dawned, a little cloudy and very windy, but nothing could dampen...

Ahoy there to the people on stable land who don’t fall out of the shower when showering! Rough seas, roaring winds, but that’s okay because we are salty sea dogs now – woof! The morning started off with many Youthies feeling the effects of the sleepless night...

Ahoy landlubbers and armchair sailors! If you’ve been following along, you’d know today is Command Day! Wakey Wakey was at 6:30am which included a game of Ubuntu on the deck where Clem was the winner! After a delicious breakfast courtesy of Haydo and the Master Chefs, we...

Ahoy landlubbers and armchair sailors! I hope you’ve been enjoying the updates penned by our talented Youthies! It was a very soggy start to Day 8 for our Youthies, but there’s no rest for a salty sea pup so we got stuck straight into Captain’s Setting...

Our 7th day of the voyage started after the three Watches had to complete a special challenge on their overnight watches. It seemed easy at first, but it came with a twist and forced the Youthies to put their leadership skills to the test. After...

Ahoy again landlubbers! Captain Libby, the woman that makes the sea sea-sick, started off the day with words of inspiration: “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore” – Christopher Columbus Empowered to take on the world, we...

Ahoy there and welcome to Day 5 of the Captain’s Log for Voyage 11/23! The morning started off like many others on this voyage - rocky, windy and with a few of us still feeding the fish. After a long night of watches, we were very...

The day started off quite abruptly with a morning shake down as the Blue-ies stormed the cabins to stir the White Watch from their midnight slumber. Or at least that’s what it felt like as wakey-wakey was played after watch keeping overnight. The aptly named...

Ahoy there landlubbers on stable ground. Things got a little bit rocky today as we finally set sail! We said our goodbyes to HMAS Moreton and officially began our journey North! We started with Shaun the Man and a game of Ropies. Then we chewed the fat...

Ahoy there landlubbers, armchair sailors and salty sea pups in training! It’s Day 2! For those eagle eyed armchair sailors among us who noted our position overnight, yes we are still in Brisbane! A bit of a false start due to the weather yesterday but have...

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