FREE AT LAST ~
FREE AT LAST
ALL CLEAR
After seven brutal weeks of radiotherapy to my neck, along with weekly doses of chemotherapy, followed by ten weeks of recovery wondering if my body had rid itself of the fast growing cancerous cells… This week’s PET scan has come back ALL CLEAR. Hooray!
PET scan at start of treatment ~
Yellow is the cancer mass, blue is invaded area, both get radiotherapy
To celebrate getting our lives back to normal,
This Sunday, the 8th of February, we fly south to Tasmania and life afloat aboard our veteran sailing yacht Banyandah.
View from Betsy Bay, Macquarie Harbour
Gordon River Gorge with Ronnie Morrison
While shooting the Garry Kerr film “Two men in a Punt” we travelled upstream on the Gordon River in SW Tasmania to the Denison River. Travelling in 5 m tinnies with 60 hp outboards, the lead piloted by Ronnie Morrison carrying the sound lady and Jack and Jude, followed by his son, Deek taking the cameraman and producer. This journey traversed the narrow Gordon River Gorge where we encountered enormous overfalls. Exciting and dangerous as well, but Ronnie Morrison’s knowledge and skills saw us safely through and return.
Filming on the Gordon River with Ronnie Morrison and Franz Docherty.
Sadly, a few weeks ago, our good mate and mentor, Ronnie Morrison passed away peacefully in his sleep. A lover of Nature and his fellow travellers, Ronnie will be greatly missed. His work improving the community will be remembered with sincere appreciation. Cheerio Ronnie, we hope your’re smiling down upon us from a front row spot in heaven.
OUR KIDS growing up on a Homemade Boat Sailing Around the World.
Our Amateur Radio DX Expeditions are now online
Stories and images of our 5 expeditions around the world aboard the SY BANYANDAH
1/ 1978 Mellish Reef – Coral Sea VK9ZR
2/ 1979 Spartly Islands – South China Sea 1S1DX
3/ 1981 Kingman Reef – Pacific Ocean AD0S/KH5K
4/ 1981 Tokelau Reef – South Pacific ZM7ZR
5/ 1982 Mellish Reef – Coral Sea VK9ZR
Kingman Reef mid-Pacific on Equator
1982 Mellish Reef – Coral Sea