30 July 2013, just west of Noumea It’s the much anticipated Series 2 Masterchef South Pacific cookoff … struggling to find form. Where’s the spice? Its not looking promising. First up, Glenda, the crowd favourite, failed to show. AVHD, meanwhile, failed to cook. Just barked orders to the kitchen hands […]

28 July 2013, Port Moselle Whirlwind? Feels like it. Didn’t we just get to New Caledonia a few days ago?? A whirlwind of friends, kids and baguettes, some spectacularly abysmal attempts at parlant français. The crew is in absurdly high spirits. It is IMPOSSIBLE to replace Glenda (of course!!!) but […]

20 July 2013, Lifou Cupcake Too much procrastination with this blog writing. Today is the catch up day!! 3 kids have come and gone .. and its fair to say we’re both feeling a wee bit sad. They were great company. Lord knows they eat and drink like there’s no […]

13 July 2013, Nouvelle Caledonie Now where were we? Oh, yes. About to have a miracle, after pulling apart the clutch…. And pull apart we did, with Greg from Skedaddle issuing instructions and Capt. K playing monkey wrench, to many a quip of the ‘blind leading the partly sighted’ variety […]