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The Kimberley

After several months of cruising the beautiful, amazing, stunning etc, etc Kimberley we are back in limited service. Head to the Kimberley 2011 page and I am slowly getting the story and photos posted. The 401nm passage from Beagle Bay(43nm south of C…

The Kimberley

After several months of cruising the beautiful, amazing, stunning etc, etc Kimberley we are back in limited service. Head to the Kimberley 2011 page and I am slowly getting the story and photos posted.

The 401nm passage from Beagle Bay(43nm south of…

Cape York, the Wessel Islands and Darwin

We left Horn Island stop at Booby Island we headed off across the Gulf of Carpentaria to make…

Cape York, the Wessel Islands and Darwin

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Cape York, the Wessel Islands and Darwin

We left Horn Island stop at Booby Island we headed off across the Gulf of Carpentaria to make

Cairns to Cape York

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Cairns to Darwin

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Cairns to Cape York

Friday 13th May and t’was the day we left Yorkeys Knob for an appointment in Cairns with the fuel dock, it was also my birthday.

3720 litres @$1.43 cpl it took to fill our tanks for the trip over the top! The young guy at the fuel dock allowed…

Cape Upstart to Cairns

After dropping the boys 5 nm from our anchorage we continued on and anchored, deployed the flopper stopper, only one was needed as the weather was calm and only necessary as we know from experience that the swell develops later in the evening. The boys…

The Wetsundays!

The past 3 weeks have been nothing but rain and strong winds, SE 20-35 knts and higher at times. We stayed in Cid Harbour before moving to Gulnare Inlet, Whitsunday Island. Gulnare is opposite and north of Hamilton Island, only a short few mile. It nee…