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The Best of the Whitsundays – A Sailing Odyssey in 20 Minutes – Episode 37
This time on Dreamtime Sail we leave stunning Bait Reef to sail our Whitby 42 ketch to some of the Whitsunday Islands most beautiful locations starting with Langford Reef off Hayman Island. We spend a tranquil night on a mooring at Stonehaven on Hook Islan...
Face to face with a monster of the reef in glassed out conditions – Ep 36
Sailing amongst the islands of the Great Barrier Reef, we’re always on the lookout for the perfect weather window to spend time amongst the coral lagoons of the outer reef. In this episode we scored perfect, glass out conditions for a three day stop on O...
We catch fish, fish and more fish sailing from Magnetic Island to Cape Upstart – Ep 35
Some sailing days are just near perfect. After a short but beautiful stop at Picnic Bay on Magnetic Island we’re up before dawn to sail ‘Our Dreamtime’, a Whitby 42 ketch, 70 nautical miles further south through Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to Ca...
Anchored off Hell on Earth in a Tropical Paradise – The grim story of Fantome Island – Ep 34
Fantome Island in the Palm Group of Islands on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is yet another beautiful, tropical wonderland cooled by the trade winds and lapped by crystal clear waters. However, it has a very dark past and was the scene of great misery f...
Great Barrier Reef Island Hopping – Ep 33
We island hop through Australia’s Great Barrier Reef on our Whitby 42 ketch as we head south ahead of the coming cyclone season leaving Kent Island stopping at Dunk, Gould and Hinchinbrook Islands on the way to spending a few days enjoying the sunshine a...
Tropical Island Skinny Dipping – Ep 32
Sailing Australia’s Great Barrier Reef we find a whole tropical island paradise to ourselves and make the most of it. You don't have to be in your twenties with an Instagram body to enjoy a naked swim and nude beach walk in the sunshine. Normanby Island ...
Provisioning a boat for extended coastal cruising – Episode 31
After an extended stay in Cairns we provision the boat for our 1000 mile trip south through the Great Barrier Reef islands back to Brisbane and out of the cyclone zone before the season begins. Karen explains how to make the job easier and cheaper. We thro...
Reef to Rainforest – Enjoying the delights of Cairns and the Tablelands – Ep 30
While Our Dreamtime is in the marina, we’re off exploring more of beautiful Far North Queensland around Cairns with the stunning lakes of the Atherton Tablelands and the heritage town of Yungaburra on the schedule along with a trip up to Port Douglas and...
Sailing over the tree tops on the Skyrail Rain Forest Experience from Cairns to Kuranda – Ep 29
We reached Cairns, the northern most point of our Great Barrier Reef sailing this season and, while we wait for the winds to turn northerly we took the opportunity to explore this tropical wonderland. The Skyrail cable car over the rain forest to the Barro...
Kicking Cancer’s Butt – a real time update on Rob’s cancer treatment & our sailing plans.- Ep 28
Followers of @Dreamtimesail will be aware that all our cruising plans went out the window back in May when Rob was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. In this video we give a real time update of what’s gone on since then with his treatment, surgery and our ...
Will we make it? – The tight creek entry to Cairn’s Bluewater Marina – Episode 27
We sail our Whitby 42 Ketch from Fitzroy Island to the northern most stop of our Great Barrier Reef cruising at the city of Cairns. Here we nervously, navigate the narrow, twisting entry to Bluewater Marina up a mangrove lined creek. It is very shallow in ...