Winter Wanderings

Well things have been a little quiet here since we moved into our forever land home down in SE Tasmania. We have been busy getting our new place sorted but now things are under control it is time to turn out thoughts, and our bowsprit, northwards. The Tasmanian winter is fast approaching and yes we have chickened out and decided to escape to warmer climes. So while many of our Sydney cruising buddies are packing up to head to the Med, we are kind of doing something similar. Team ITIKI will be re-launching in a couple of weeks and we will make our way up the east Coast of Tasmania and into the Furneaux group (which apparently has a Mediterranean climate...), before crossing Bass Strait, checking out the Gippsland Lakes and then continuing northwards. While we plan to make it as far as The Whitsundays, it’s a really long way with the prevailing NE winds and EAC against us, and with lots of opportunity to get side tracked. So we will go where and when the winds take us. If you would like to follow along, we will be sharing our journey.
 
In a sign of the times, we would like to avoid providing free content for billionaire social media owners to exploit. So how can you follow us? Well we are planning on doing more frequent mini-blogs via this website, which we own. You can sign up to get a link in your inbox whenever news is shared. Yes I know email is kind of old fashioned but… This way you don’t have to trawl through ads and AI generated crap on FB, hoping that their algorithm throws up something as interesting as ITIKI’s adventures. Yes that does mean the extra commitment of signing up and then clicking on a link, but the upside is you can read (or not) at your leisure, no spam or advertising, no political or religious discourse, no spookily targeted advertising (how the @#%$ do they know I need a facial hair plucker?!), no endless DIY/Thrift shopping/makeover/weight loss miracle/clickbait reels and no cat videos… (oh wait, there may be cat videos but not that kind!)
 
So if you are cool with that and would like to follow the old fashioned way, send me a message with your preferred email address and I will add you to the mailing list. For those who are nervous about letting go of FB, I will continue to post reminders/links for a limited time, until you get used to the new world order. Counting the sleeps until we drop the mooring lines, and head out to sea! Check out our planned route in the video below