Many of you who have completed courses with Southern Cross over the past 12 months will have had Matt Dickinson as your instructor. It is with some sadness that we farewell Matt as he leaves to continue his circumnavigation. Matt retired from the Royal Air Force a few...
Last weekend was somewhat of a landmark in our lives, as for the first time in 18 years Jenny and I were ‘child free’. ‘The King’ was snowboarding in Japan, catching a few late season runs as you do when you are 15. Prince William, about to turn 18 now lives in that...
I have just endured that increasingly worrisome annual event, my birthday. Worrisome because as one gets older, one doesn’t always enjoy a day specifically put aside for the sole purpose of reminding you that you are getting older. (Actually I had a great celebration...
Few people on earth with even a passing interest in sailing and a portal to the interweb would have failed to see the disturbing images of the Volvo 65 racing yacht ‘Team Vestas Wind’ wrecked on a reef in the Indian Ocean. Indeed the images of the damage to the boat’s...
I am somewhat entertained by the manner in which us Australians all celebrate our national day. It seems to bring out the inner Bogan in all of us – me included. My 15 year old ‘the King’ and his mates celebrated the day in that most Australian of ways – a backyard...
Firstly from everyone here at Southern Cross may I wish you all a belated Happy New Year. Belated because I have just come crashing back to earth today by being back at work! Having just spent a week at Sunshine Beach surfing, paddle boarding, reading and relaxing, I...
