Antipodean Mariner

This blog follows my two passions - ships and motorcycling

Saturday, 15 September 2018

Capesize Casualty

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So, the Antipodean Mariner has a new job. The downturn in the offshore Oil and Gas Industry saw corporate life leaving me in 2017, and anot...
Friday, 13 October 2017

Failed D&A Test - the appeal

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The sequel to the dismissal of a Master working in the Australian Offshore Oil and Gas Industry and who failed a routine D&A Test ha...
Friday, 29 September 2017

One Barang on a Honda

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Despite our trip to Cambodia being to celebrate our wedding anniversary, sometimes absence makes the heart grow fonder. We took a day out to...
Wednesday, 20 September 2017

Mekong River trade

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I took a couple of weeks off and sailed upriver on the Mekong from Saigon to Phnom Penh, across Lake Tonle Sap to Siem Reap. We sailed in th...
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Monday, 10 July 2017

Failed D&A test - dismiss or rehabilitate

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The Offshore Oil and Gas exploration and extraction industry operates globally with a strict 'zero tolerance' to drugs and alcohol i...
Wednesday, 5 July 2017

Celestial Navigation

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This weekend, I dusted off my sextant and practised the art of celestial navigation on the shores of Port Phillip Bay. Shooting the Sun,...
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Wednesday, 24 May 2017

Classic car

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While not exactly news, I have been able to widen my 'stable' to include a classic car (well, classic in my eyes). Bikes are still...
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The Antipodean Mariner
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The Antipodean Mariner is a 'lapsed' seafarer, recently re-validated. The Blog shares my passions and interest in maritime technology and the people who work in the maritime sector.
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