Today I learned...
- Starlink uses about 35 watts of electricity
- Starlink uses about 42 watts when on a Zoom call
- even though the public moorings in new south wales say they have a 24-hour limit, it is not enforced and we stayed 13 days on one in Snug Cove in Eden
- we traveled 17,283.5nm between November 2021 and January 2025, from San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico to Lime Bay, Tasmania, Australia
- tides do not go up and down, rather the earth spins into the bulge
- there are more whisky distilleries in Tasmania than Scotland. About 125 in fact
- the island of Tasmania would fit in the space from the west coast of Viti Levu (the biggest island) to the east coast of Taveuni and from the north coast of Vanua Levu (the second biggest island) to the south end of the Lau Group of islands
- Marine Rescue New South Wales looks out for you really well. We anchored in a very swell-infested bay while we figured out our plan B today and someone called Marine Rescue NSW because they thought we were in trouble. And they called us to check up on us. Good on ya Mates!
- Our new boat hook floats! Thankfully…
- According to legend, when Governor Arthur Phillip began exploring the bays and coves of Sydney Harbour in January 1788, he commented on the “manly” physique of the Indigenous men who met him in their canoes and on the land. Thereafter the cove was known as Manly.
- we burn energy at a rate of average 135 watts during the day and 66 watts at night for an average of 3.25kwh per day
- Darwin, Australia is in the Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) zone, UTC+9:30 and it does not do daylight savings
- Enimen is credited with coining the term "stan"
- The Star Wars version of wikipedia is called Wookieepedia