Long awaited, much anticipated.   Guru Productions present…..  

Janice visits the Christmas Island Detention Centre with Gail, Rachel and Ken. Here is what she says: Just a little blog snippet from our yachtie visit to the Christmas Island Detention Centre. Thursday Sept 22nd, 2016 In the weeks preceding the visit, I had to work really hard to make sure the forms were […]

As dusk approached on Sunday September 25th, 2016, Captain Ken steered his tired but very excited crew aboard Resolute into Direction Island Bay, Cocos Keeling Islands. This destination could not come soon enough for most. Those turbulent nasty seas giving way to a relatively calm lagoon seemed at the time […]

Tropical Cyclone warning?  Rally Control say it is “skipper’s discretion” to either wait out the storm at Christmas Island, or head off to Cocos. Meanwhile, we’re rafted up with Katarina, and another night of the two boats bumping each other in this rolly bay is its own form of madness. […]

Finally! Christmas Island is taking shape on the horizon, a speck of green sitting emerging from an otherwise unrelieved mass of grey.  We’ve survived endless hours of bouncy high seas, racing along at 10 knots. Time for lunch, and a glass of wine.  Suddenly a blaring, screaming voice.  There, right […]