Sailing to Cape York & Preparing to Leave Australia from Thursday Island; 7 months & 2145NM total

[@robreibel3491]

Hi, many Australian Post shops are independent agencies. A complaint to Australian Post could see them have to justify why they can keep the agency going. I would definitely make a complaint to Australia Post. Love your videos. Looking forward to seeing the next ones

[@bishopkinlyside8477]

Hi James and Rhonda , sorry to hear your headache. Unfortunately when you’re in remote areas like this people seem to don’t care as much, especially when it’s important as it is, I apologise from all Australians. Hope we don’t feel bad of us. Normally Australians are very welcome willing to help Cliff from Logan City, Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺 I’m on the big island 🏝️

[@mickypoo]

I'm at least glad that the local, regular folk have come through for you. Hopefully they left a stronger impression than the a-holes. Thanks for visiting, - you're always welcome back to explore the other coasts! Safe travels to Indo.

[@SailorJames]

Almost everyone we met in Australia was super nice, only a few really bad experiences in 7 months of cruising

[@melisam.3180]

Hey guy's, so sorry you had such a horrid experience with that post office and really sucks they treated you the way they did, but am glad you finally got your package!!! Those termite mounds were too cool and the one with the tricycle was funny, enjoyed the video as usual and you guy's please stay safe on your voyage to Indonesia and can't wait too see what exciting adventures you have there, til next time....

[@stevelawrie9115]

I can totally understand your frustration. You seem to be holding your cool better than I would. As an Australian, I am really sorry that you're experience leaving Australia is ended like this.

[@SailorJames]

If it had been in my home country I would not have been so patient 😂😂😂

[@stevelawrie9115]

@@SailorJames 😀

[@samparker2828]

Thanks!

[@SailorJames]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@briangately8104]

James, I've followed you forever. You're such a nice, mellow, nature loving, likable guy, That's what brings me to your channel. But, for some reason, watching you blow off steam at the post office, made me happy. You have emotions, just like the rest of us! Karma will settle up with the post office guy. She always does.

[@SailorJames]

I am certainly human but when sailing in other countries you have to really learn super human levels of patience, which doesn’t mean it’s not maddeningly frustrating. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@justincoleman2740]

Great to have a strong lady to help get you through eh James. Good vibes from Canada!

[@DaleShirley-o1u]

Interesting to know about termites quite smart!!

[@mofosamo]

Welcome to Island Time.

[@bishopkinlyside8477]

Hi James and Rhonda, just a bit of background from my family. My father was one of the 1st to build the hospital on ThursdayIsland I believe it was back in 1948 a few weeks ago LOL

[@tzzz7]

One would think that it's in the best interest to the community that one works/lives in to accommodate the visitors/tourists/money spenders as good as possible. The termite dwelling and intricate infrastructure is just unbelievably brilliant and beautiful.

[@bobmanfre5083]

13:05. I am a Banner Plane Pilot in Ocean City, New Jersey. If the wind is just right coming from the North, I can basically 'hover' in place by facing into the wind and matching the velocity.

[@SailorJames]

That’s wild !!!!

[@DaleShirley-o1u]

Good to see you again!!

[@wafflecrunch]

Cannot wait to see your Papuan and Indonesian adventures! Safe passage to both of you!

[@magicowl2153]

i worked as a postman in NZ and we for a fact will go through all the bags to find your parcel, if you came in looking for it as long as you have id, and parcel number

[@SailorJames]

As it should have been there, especially after I had proof that AUSPOST admitted it was there mistake

[@lorettaleger2825]

Wow. Sorry you’re going through this. It must be so frustrating.

[@shanelikesbikes]

Tip for cruisers , have your parcels delivered to HORN Island , easier to get to and far better service , also takes out several steps in the delivery process , TI post office can be difficult , I was dissatisfied with the service there on many occasions

[@iamhe981]

I would definitely make a complaint to Australia Post.

[@jaydubya4727]

I can totally relate to your frustration with the people involved with this postal issue. When service people are smug it just amplifies issues with any transaction and this sounds like you ran into an enclave where that's a badge belonging. Anyway, that's done for you, and while they remain stuck in their little jobs (rewarded by the self-satisfaction of lording their power over customers) you are off into your world of wonder and awesome experiences. I think you WIN!!

[@SailorJames]

Yeah, I have super human powers of patience when people are nice to me , but I have a low tolerance for people being dicks, especially when it’s their business that made the mistake

[@daveegan4554]

Glad you got things sorted, I had similar issues with a parcel in Sydney. have a great time in Indonesia. Fair winds guys

[@ardellsims9997]

Couldn't wait

[@wolfyseas3793]

Surf travelled throughout Indonesia for 30 years. The post office dramas you had can be normal daily occurrences over there; we call it the 'Indo Factot'. Have fun.

[@SailorJames]

You must really like surfing to put up with Indo for 30 years 😂

[@jogrant3851]

Good to see Thursday island, some of it - I had a look at it on google Earth a while ago. The AusPost guy, he must have been something all right because never seen you so pissed with anyone - so awful that you went through that. Laziness. I have a photo of my grandfather, he was in the Aus Army, and he and some army mates are standing by a termite mound and it's massive, really tall - that was in northern Aus, Darwin I think. Hope things got better once you managed to leave Australia (well couldn't get any worse). Stay safe & Happy Sails.

[@SailorJames]

The termite mounds are amazing!!!

[@chrisgundersen1117]

Damn man! When I moved to Hawaii, I only checked the bag with a couple things on it. The couple things on it was everything that I needed took me two weeks to get my bag every time I went there they just called it a black 25. I didn’t know what a black 25 was, until about the second week it was a black duffel bag that had been sitting there collecting dust maybe island time

[@ee-pt6ul]

green mango is dope for a replacement for green papaya in salad for sure

[@budawang77]

Waking up to see a new Tritea video was a nice surprise. Once you got your package, I hope you gave the post office worker a piece of your mind! I hope you also lodge a complaint with Australia Post. People like that don't deserve to keep their job. As an Australian taxpayer, I feel like doing it for you.

[@SailorJames]

If this had happened in America, where I am a citizen I would have for sure lost my cool but being a visitor in other countries sometimes you just have to deal with stuff like this and move on. Thanks for the nice comment 🙏🏻

[@budawang77]

@@SailorJames I understand where you're coming from. Australia is a developed country with high wages etc so there's no excuse for this kind of behaviour. As an Australian citizen though I'm outraged. Australia Post is a government corporation and the CEO is paid well over $1 million!

[@joannesutherland]

If it’s any consolation I live in a little town at the bottom of Victoria and our local Australia Post is extremely painful to deal with. If you have a package and receive a card in your mail box if you don’t pick it up that day they send it back to the post office they got it from, 30 minutes away. It’s totally up to the postmaster at each store as to how these things are handled. It’s infuriating! Good luck and sorry. ❤

[@SailorJames]

Glad to here it’s a top to bottom problem 😂

[@DaleShirley-o1u]

Wonderful if they have dampers!!

[@Coleen-Love]

Loving these videos James and Rhonda, -- QUESTION -- I have been watching you for years now and now I am getting a bit bumbled out as I realized that I must be too scared to pull the trigger and get going on my sailing dream. I must say that I envy your decisiveness and ability to get to it. Not sure why I am having such a hard time getting it done, but I now look back at what I have accomplished as I wait and work etc, and shockingly I don't think that I have managed to get ahead over the last few years. I might as well have gone sailing already. My question is this, how did you know that it was time to go and were you afraid that you were "giving up" on life or that you would "fall behind"? What was the thing that gave you that shove?... As a small business idea, if you offered turn key affordable small sailboat like yours, so that those like me could just get too it, it may be a good idea. Not sure I could do all the prep that you did - regardless of what we are told, I think it takes a guy, a real guy, to tackle all those little and big problems and get a sailboat ready to go. Just watching you convinces me that guys think differently to girls - they just do. Yes, there may be some 1 in a million girl who could keep up with you but that is very unlikely and I have never met one.

[@SailorJames]

I decided to sail around the world on my 40th birthday, it took me 7 years before I was able to leave, I never hesitated. If I had been wealthy on my 40th birthday I would have left within a year. Anyone buying a turn key boat and thinking they can just head off and skip the work part won’t last very long at sea on in this cruising life.

[@Coleen-Love]

@@SailorJames ...I was afraid of that answer re: turn key boat. My best friend told me that a girl will never be able to maintain a sailboat and instead of focusing on the sailboat, what I should be looking for is a "James" and simply contribute or pay for the boat. Sounds a bit defeatist but it may well be the better approach and a win win for all involved.

[@ardellsims9997]

This my dream life

[@FullyAMPT]

Just haven’t had a good time dealing with Aus post for a couple of years now Don’t think your experience is all that uncommon Very frustrating at times

[@aqualifeisbestok]

Wow, so sorry you had to go through that as it wuld have been the biggest stress and waste of time and money, unfortunately the locals living there are kind of considered Australians but as you have witnessed for yourselves act like most Australians do on the mainland, they don't really care or are just so blaze and rude actually. Makes me feel ashamed to be Australian, Australia Post should look in to this. CHEERS MATE

[@johncurtis4643]

You guys have done such a great job of promoting Australia , the government tourist dep should have been paying you I hope the post gets a good rark up from someone

[@paulsteventon8315]

A bag of chips (Doritos) in the UK is about £2.50 so Thursday Island is over twice that (≈ £5.21).

[@SailorJames]

Yeah the prices were wild, very common on small islands, not sure how the locals survive there.

[@tc884]

Perhaps good to submit a complaint to AU Post. So they have documentation of your concerns. Safe travels from California/Los Angeles.

[@andresinnett4319]

Australia post is a fkn joke , I've posted registered mail , and the recipients haven't received the notification, 1& 1/2 weeks to go 300 ks , anyhow, I've already said my goodbyes, farewells , but just to make sure , thanks for your content , may the wind be favourable to you guys , ps I still will be following 👍🖖✌️💖

[@colinmiddleton2941]

Sorry about the post office experience. A lot of those remote ones are private and don’t give a rats. I can’t believe you guys are not going to the Kimberley’s. Take care.

[@drewboyone]

Hey James, disappointed about the issues on Thursday Island. One thing if I may... Your intro no longer has the nice intro music it appears. My 15 month old son used to get so excited at the start, due to the music he got use to, yet now it's slightly different. Can you return the calming intro music? Drew, Australian. Ps have loved your Australian east coast series 👌🤘. Best to you and Rhonda for the adventure into indo.

[@SailorJames]

The music on the intro hasn’t changed since Hawaii

[@californiakayaker]

One of the sailors hit some doldrums on the way, I think he was in that area. Hopefully its good for you. Watching to see, was past the last Island I think. I used to work at a post office in the U.S.A. and haven't ever heard of the USPS doing such crazy things. That was the worst. The crazy thing is that it would stand out, and would probably be at the top of any bag. Crazy ! And the crime stuff with the cars ? I'm not thinking I like Australia as much as I did before this video !

[@SailorJames]

The doldrums are a geographic location on earth, I think you mean he was becalmed, yes people who go to late in the season end up motoring much of that passage. We had great winds

[@bubbleobill267]

I lived in TI for three years. You order stuff via the post it gets there when it gets there. If you go in and make an ass of yourself you will get put to the bottom of the pile. Week one lesson one never mess with the locals, they will fuck you up…..

[@SailorJames]

🤡 🤡🤡

[@RioAbajoBelen]

Sounds like some of the ways things work in small towns in New Mexico! Ha! Safe Travels from the Desert. Doug

[@SailorJames]

Right? 😂😂😂

[@freddie4406]

30:42 knowledge is power. guy was right. saw him leaving work with anti snob tshirt.

[@SailorJames]

Anti snob? So confused about this comment

[@michaelvanwinkle7919]

Were the people at the post office on Thursday Island waiting for a Bribe offer in order to get your package(s) out of the large bags?

[@SailorJames]

No they were just lazy and regardless I don’t pay bribes

[@christoskonstantis]

It’s laid back no stress attitude in Queensland Customer service doesn’t exist in Australia Good luck safe seas on ur passage

[@SailorJames]

It’s called lazy

[@Dayofthetriffids]

It seems like the postal worker you encountered is showing psychopathic behaviour……..one sad case alright! Glad you got it sorted and congratulations to you two for your accomplishment! Looking forward to your Indonesian travels. I’m sure life will be even more intensely interesting for you both. Safe passaging!!

[@nolanmailhos1470]

You might want to spray boat for termites. That was some pretty big inve stations you showed. I guted a 37 foot Islander, last year. Someone gave me because of termites. It was so bad! They have ate everything wood. I mean everything! I would say about two big piles like the file you showed on video. I physically could not pick The cushions up. I have to chop them in half with an ax. To get them through the hatch way. Work on a week and a half. Then met a couple that needed more than me. They ended up doing a good job framing it out. Last scene... But yeah termites! Those motherfuckers!

[@SailorJames]

We don’t have termites

[@isickofit]

Laterite clay.

[@joestewart5692]

i Sensed some hostility while boarding the ferry...what was that about?

[@SailorJames]

From who?

[@markhorrell9213]

Termite mounds have one natural enemy...the echidna(spiny ant eater)...these little crittas make short work of these when they're hungry!

[@ChrisWilson-y4r]

I had exact same experience with DHL passing over delivert responsibility to OZ Post. Not impressed at all. Will nsver use DHL again in OZ for that reason. Hope you get yours soonest.

[@JohnEwings-gd7tf]

Sounds like guy in the Post Office had licked too many stamps over the years, or annoyed that Friday never comes on Thursday Island. Hoping the frustration didn’t leave a bad taste of your time in Oz. ‘Reality of Cruising’ seems to be the right attitude to move on.

[@phillipobrien7365]

Was all that diesel to burn down the Post office ? I sure would.

[@SailorJames]

Diesel is not flammable

[@satyamurti1229]

Don‘t you miss a bimini on your boat?

[@SailorJames]

We have a cockpit shade, never had a rigid Bimini never will

[@pauldent7067]

I had to work in Darwin a few years ago, what a dump, put me off Australia full stop.

[@tomwebster3249]

From experience I’ve found that DHL stands for “Don’t Hurry Lads!”

[@SailorJames]

😂😂😂

[@bevanhill5648]

Hi James as a Aussie iam sorry for your experience. Also you should put in a written complaint. That shit is just not on

[@Laj-t9k]

1:00 🤩😍🤩

[@aussiedanman]

As an Australian, I am so sorry to hear of this experience that you had. I have been following your journey and watched all of your content - right back to the purchase and builds. I particularly love your intros, very calming and a friendly invitation to watch on. I genuinely love your journeys and it’s great to see you sharing your dream with Rhonda now. I know you said that the Post office doesn’t answer, but I am going to make it my job to ring and complain about this poor experience for you and anyone else that comes in contact with this goose. My Google review of the business review will be up shortly too. I’ll remove it when I have been assured that guy is fired. Keep up with the great content and living your dreams. I don’t have a sailboat, but hope to one day live the same dream and make it my reality.

[@SailorJames]

Thank you for your words of support and for watching the videos 🙏🏻

[@da45ep]

why the F would you do that? Some guy just doing his job. Doesn't have to run through brick walls for entitled yachties. And you're out to ruin his lively hood?

[@SailorJames]

He WASNT doing his job, that’s the issue

[@da45ep]

@@SailorJames its probably someone else's job to go through the mail and sort it. they have to keep each other and themselves in a job. you can't just go to remote Australia and expect the royal treatment. I've seen so many yachties, so entitled and think that the world revolves around them.

[@SailorJames]

Royal treatment? 😂😂😂😂 you are a 🤡. I expect the service I paid for 😂😂😂😂😂

[@artureff3046]

Australian post office guys better don't mess while in Texas...

[@SailorJames]

The stars at night, are big and bright 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@SlowlySailing-lc1cs]

I am somewhat sympathetic to the PO staff...it's kind of a big ask. It would have been real nice if he gave your envelope priority and started digging for it, but that woukd be above and beyond, and he sounds de-motivated. Perhaps a small bribe...cash or beer? Anyway, I feel for you...pretty sucky situation.

[@SailorJames]

A big ask? To do there job? And Fuck people who ask for bribes and Fuck people who pay bribes

[@gratefulfredly8643]

So sorry to hear of this trauma. I had an AUTOGRAPHED pink floyd poster when I went to Diego Garcia and the brits threw it into a burning barrel at customs saying it was "drug related" BASTARDS! So, I am familiar with smug assholes at customs. Beware heading out. You can really run into issues so , Safety first! Will be following your adventures and sending great karma your way! Soon, you will be in the middle of nowhere so please enjoy. You will never be the same. It can put fur on your bottom.

[@MICHAELMEREDITHSR]

You are *really* 🌹beautiful🌹! Pardon me Jim, am i talking about your °squeeze°, or your tats & ear-holes‽ Buffoonery aside, thanks for teaching us about the mighty termite structures. Something tells me the bugs may outnumber us human assholes right? 🙏🦉

[@SailorJames]

Weird comment but sure 👍🏻

[@erikjalefors9377]

Good thing for the Postal workers on Thursday Island that YOU didnt go Postal =)

[@SailorJames]

😂😂😂

[@angelwalker979]

🩵⛵️💙

[@robbiemackay1023]

Sad to say...50$ would have solved all your problems, its what he waited for. The closer you get to Asia the more they think similar. I didn't come down in the last shower. Im sorry to hear you went through all that BS.

[@SailorJames]

Fuck that, if you offer bribes you are the root of the problem

[@robbiemackay1023]

@SailorJames I agree 👍

[@BenSymington]

[@user-earthandfire]

Next time offer to buy the post office dude a slab of beer if he can help you out.

[@SailorJames]

Fuck that

[@petermcgraw7759]

Your Australia Post experience is not unique to Thursday Island, they are a constant identity of complaint because of service failures and customer relations.

[@robertomaffioletti4718]

Azzzz...mi spiace proprio tanto x l'esperienza negativa x i tuoi documenti. 😢😢. Un caro saluto dall'italia Giovanni

[@SailorJames]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@lucastisdale2667]

that parcel situation is shit.

[@phillipemory9786]

Your viewers should just bombard this post office with calls telling them to get off their asses and sort the mail.

[@SailorJames]

💯💯💯

[@pauldent7067]

F$$king nightmare, lessons learned i guess.

[@roadboat9216]

Wow, what a terrible person. Videoing him seemed to help. Weak lilttle power trippers like him fear exposure. Fair winds on you passage. Exciting for Rhondas first open sea passage!

[@GeirH.]

To much whining about the prices.. Accept the prices without whining and complaining. You are priviliged who can sail and live your life traveling. If an area/country is to expencive for you, move on.

[@SailorJames]

You sound submissive

[@GeirH.]

@@SailorJames Me? Submissive? Absolutly not, You dont know shit about who I am or what I do.. But whining repetedly about the cost in a country/area wich needs goods transported miles and miles, and to a very sparse populated area doesnt sit well. Not everything around the world can be as cheep as in downtown LA or other cetral areas. Usually the prices are high as a result of other thing than just to piss you off...

[@corneliust4804]

Do you think they post office guy was a jerk because you are American?

[@SailorJames]

No it was because he was Australian

[@HoferAdam-xz9xz]

😂😂😂❤​@@SailorJames

[@HoferAdam-xz9xz]

Arschloecher findet man ueberall.

[@rileytaj]

Don’t say “Fanny Pack” in Australia- it means something TOTALLY different there!!!

[@SailorJames]

Doesn’t matter to me

[@rileytaj]

Fanny is slang for female genitals!

[@KiwiNickG]

Offer them some $$?

[@SailorJames]

Fuck that , I don’t encourage or enable bribes

[@Sam_Sung_White]

What? You don't know about Australia Post?😂

[@SailorJames]

Why would anyone who wasn’t an Aussie know? 🤔 maybe y’all let people get away with that stuff but in the USA we don’t let things like that slide

[@amandad7121]

Thats absolutely awful, how incredibly rude and unprofessional. I hope this really damages Thursday Island Auspost's reputation and they should lose their agency......fair winds

[@markhorrell9213]

Your problem is called "T.I time" for a reason mate. Sad, but a fact of life there

[@SailorJames]

Aka laziness

[@boatlifelife]

you no what they doing they hold u ay yhr iland so you have to spend money

[@markhorrell9213]

Its not because you're American....it's just a sad fact that the post office staff are "cruisy" and work on island time. They caused me "issues" about 30 years ago n it seems nothing changes

[@SailorJames]

I never said it was because I am American

[@Darcee-p9o]

Fascinating about termite mounds! And their postal system SUCKS! That obnoxious a------ should be fired!

[@rodrigosenra2693]

Hi James! Hope you are doing well! Remember to talk to me when you come to Brazil, I will show you the most perfect brazilian beach! Thanks for sharing with us

[@Luckyfil]

Panic slowly. TI time

[@jsweet744]

Offer him $20

[@SailorJames]

Offering bribes is a big part of the problem, hard pass

[@barryandrews4316]

Chur Maori

[@ckfpv]

Fanny pack😂😂😂😂that looks real Manlly 😂😂😂get a manlyier looking fanny pack😂😂😂😂

[@SailorJames]

How many oceans have you crossed alone?

[@ckfpv]

Maybe he wanted some of that 200.00 bucks im sure Dhl did there job and got it there Express what ur dealing with is a 3rd world island post office that didnt get paid nothing and ur laying the blame in the wrong place i think

[@SailorJames]

It’s Australia, not a 3rd world country. You sound like part of the problem

[@johnglowinski1321]

Horrible. I can't imagine folks not jumping through hoops to help you out. Any decent human would have searched bags for the package with your name on it. Like on Day #1.

[@SailorJames]

I don’t expect people to jump through hoops, I just expect people to do their job. OZ post admitted it was their error so they should have assisted in correcting the issue

[@bryanbadger6841]

G'day James and Rhonda. Was this jerk bigger than you.? I'm not adding to that question. You have to remember that Aussie was colonised by a bunch of criminals. Who even now, in the 21st century, still think they're shit hot. The only decent ones are the first Nation. Ok change of subject. Just curious, did you see any Pearling Luggers, still about. That's all I know about T.I. And do they still call it T.I.? Great episode guys. Great editing too. Thanks for sharing. Atb from the Eastern Islands.

[@philjones7870]

Not surprised about your postal problems. Over the last several decades Australia has become a country of entitled, virtue signaling, back-stabbing snitchers.

[@SailorJames]

A sign of the times