Posting in case there might be interest from the sailing circle.
Met with an Aussie couple on my Antarctic cruise, who introduced me to this:
Shag Islet Cruising and Yacht Club.
It's a fun group if anybody's in the Queensland area. The membership dues go to prostate cancer research. Even though I'm not a sailor, seemed like a good group to join and help with the cause.
As I understand it, the people who founded this group were trying to get in another group. That group turned out to be a bunch of snobs..."You can't join us, you're not a Vice Commodore in a club yet"...
So, they created their own group, where
everyone is a Vice Commodore. I haven't been to a meetup, but it sounds like a ton of fun.
Someday, I'll get back to Oz and try to figure out how to connect with these folks.
golddog,
Vice Commodore of Big Dry Creek