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Le Bateau for sale. A Covid 19 Casualty

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In 2017 we purchased our Neptune 99, Le Bateau .  The long term goal was to cruise European waterways, then cross the Atlantic to the Caribean, and then via Panama to cross the Pacific home to Australia. The plan went well and in January 2020 we put Le Bateau on the hard in Trinidad with the intention of returning for the Panama Pacific leg in November 2020. Then along came Covid 19!!! Back in Australia whilst waiting for things to change we purchased a Duncanson 26 trailer sailer for Ants's boating fix. Decided a few months later when the borders were still closed to upgrade to an S S 30, more of a proper yacht. Our borders still firmly closed (and our government saying international travel from Australia is unlikely before mid 2022) we sold the S S 30 and purchased a full replacement for Le Bateau, a NZ built 1985 Lotus 10.6. Now Jane is doing a full time Art course and we have a part time Manager role in outback locations with The Nature Foundation. Getting antifoul in Nether...
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A New Outback Adventure

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In 2020 while travelling in the SA outback we camped at two Nature Foundation Reserves, Witchelina and Hiltaba. Both of these Reserves are former pastoral properties that have been purchased by the Nature Foundation with the aim of returning them back to near their original state.They are managed by a group (mainly couples) of Rotational Managers who spend about 8 weeks a year in two week blocks on either property. We asked the right people the right questions and are now Rotational Managers ourselves. We have just spent two and a half weeks on Witchelina, 700km North of Adelaide. This is desert country and only just recovering from 3 years of drought. And it is big country! Witchelina is 4200 square kilometres, which is bigger than Kangaroo Island. A different measurement is 90km long N to S and 50km W to E. It is the biggest property South of the Dingo Fence.   The Homestead, 2 storey and 10 rooms. Very comfortable house.             ...
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