On April 22nd (weather permitting), we will be setting sail for Port Stephens, Lord Howe Island, Vanuatu, the Solomon Isalnds and then returning to Australia- possibly via the Louisiade Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. We plan to return to Sydney by approximately the end of October. Hopefully, this time we will still have our mast!
Here we see Penny (on behalf of William) handing over the boxes of educational materials for 24 schools in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands to Beatta Jio. Thanks to Will for the initiative, students of St Leos College Wahroonga for their generosity and to Dr Geoff Painter for getting the boxes to Gizo. By now, most of the schools will have received their boxes.
The crew will be Dave Kerr (skipper), Penelope Kerr (First Mate), Paul Finucane (crew) and William Kerr (crew). William will leave in late June as he is heading off to Borneo as a volunteer, teaching English in Bario, a highland village. Paul is leaving us in August to return to Australia.
