FOND FAREWELLS AND WARM WELCOMES

There is a change in the weather and a change in the winds at the Leeuwin office this month, with fond farewells and warm welcomes in the air.

After almost four years of coordinating our REDiculously amazing red shirts, our volunteer coordinator Adrian is saying goodbye to the corner office with the best view and moving on to pursue new adventures. After moving from New Zealand to the warm (hot!) skies of WA, Adrian joined our team in 2009 as volunteer coordinator and voyage relations manager.

"I quickly came to realise how energetic our Red shirt mob were and just how enthusiastic you all were to come sailing and it was great dealing with you all and getting to know the faces at Leeuwin," he said. "I have met many great people, all with the same mindset of wanting to give back... which is a very easy group to work with!"

Adrian has had a great experience over the past few years and is looking forward to joining the ranks on the ship as a volunteer himself at some stage. A fond farewell to him and we look forward to seeing him on the ship instead of waving us goodbye from the  dock very soon!

With the farewell of one awesome Leeuwin-ite we welcome another familiar face to the office. One of our longtime volunteers, Ali (a.k.a Mouse) as stepped into Adrian's role and will be our go-to-girl for anything Volunteer related. Ali has been around Leeuwin for 8 years, having completed her first Youth Explorer Voyage in 2005. Since then she has volunteered on multiple voyages, day sails, been a member of our social crew and helped out in the office during day-sail season. Ali is looking forward to working closely with our Volunteers and we are very pleased to have her on board!