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After finishing all our boat jobs to get the boat ready for the cruising season, we are finally off. Leaving Moreton Bay we head up the Sunshine Coast and over the Wide Bay Bar. Short overnight stops as we sail across Hervey Bay to reach Bundaberg.

We hadn’t planned to spend long in the Port of Bundaberg Marina but unfavourable winds and a long list of boat jobs conspired to keep us there for over a week. Thanks to one of our generous Patreon supporters, Griff, we made good use of a loan car and hi...

In today’s episode we finally leave Gary’s Anchorage at K’Gari and wind our way through the narrow channels of the Great Sandy Straits to Big Woody Island for a catch up with friends. Our early start next morning goes awry when the engine won’t st...

We leave Great Keppel Island in the early morning darkness with the plan of sailing south to Pancake Creek but when we get there the anchorage is very full of boats. So we decide to keep going into the night clocking up 131 nautical miles to reach Burnett ...

Things really do get out of hand, high winds of 40+ knots and huge seas is a recipe for disaster. Sylfia takes an absolute beating, things break, but that doesn't stop us from diving the largest and newest ship wreck in Australia. Edited by New Esti IG @E...

Strong winds wreak havoc at Gary's Anchorage off K'gari/Fraser Island. I then gets a brief mainsail induction from John... (there's a lot to learn) 😳

Hey guys, Join us this week in Bundaberg. We decide to stay a little longer at the campsite as it's pretty cheap and we are seriously running low on cash! We check out the Bundaberg Rum Distillery, Bagara, Beach, enjoy a little picnic dinner in the park ...

This week we make our way south to the beautiful Anges Waters & 1770. We spend 3 days exploring, relaxing and cooling down in the ocean to somewhat escape the heat. There are heaps of fires around making it super hazy but also meant less tourists :) H...

A visit to Bundaberg and finding out the fate of our previous boat.

Sailing around Australia solo while working to earn a living

IMPI is sailing around the world. We left New Caledonia along with the Down Under Rally Group (John Hembrow) and arrived in Bundaberg, Australia. Although we have not previously joined a rally group and enjoy sailing the oceans 'solo' - we could see the...

Hi Everybody !!! Welcome back to Impi, your friendly catamaran. In this episode, we depart New Caledonia for Australia which is predicted as a 5 day passage - well conditions so great Impi did it in 4 days and then we had to slow her down so as not to arri...