Australia - Pacific Crossing Notes: A Sailor's Guide to the Coconut Milk Run - page 442

Coastal Cruising Meets Passagemaking:
Along the East Australian Coast
Throughout our time in Australia, we had been steeling ourselves for a sentimental good-
bye. Sailing into Brisbane's Moreton Bay, where we planned to sell Namani , had been our
last hurrah - or so we thought.
In preparing the sales listing for our boat, we had tacked on a comment: “Will deliver.”
During the month we spent in Brisbane awaiting a sale, we'd all but given up on the pos-
sibility of extending our time aboard. But along came Janet with an offer we couldn't re-
fuse: a good price for the boat, along with a deal that gave us two months to deliver the
sloop to her home port of Cairns, 800 miles to the north.