from the sea to the desert
 

after leaving my last ship in 1981 i got a job driving dump trucks in a iron ore mine in australia for which i continued to do for37 years until i retired.

Greetings frankshipsea and welcome to SH. Bon voyage.

Never been to sea but I love the Australian desert.

YM-, I am sure that is the sort of obsession that makes you quite suitable for the sea should you decide on a late change of course.

The Australian desert is never off my tv, if its not some Brit motorbiking across the Nullibar its Australia's stupidest family getting heat exhaustion looking for gold or opals in the red dirt. You can keep your oul scrub and Mick Dundee and Port Headland its the Green Glens of Antrim for me.
YM break out your Sou'wester.