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In this episode we leave The Great Sandy Straits and head across the infamous Wide Bay Bar sailing through the night to enter Moreton Bay and anchor at The Sandhills. During one of our nights there we endure a thunderstorm, heavy rain and a lightning displ...

Welcome to Season 2. After COVID isolation we are free to have a look around Townsville and make plans to sail south to The Whitsundays.@sailingcatamaranescape6037

We continue our trip from the Solomon Islands to Australia, having come about half way. We look at breaking the journey at one of Australia remote Coral Sea territories to rest. Eventually on the eleventh day we arrive in Townsville, Australia to face isol...

After spending some time at Liapari Island, we headed back to Gizo to dive the deep walls of the reefs around Kennedy and Naru Islands. We recount the story of PT109 that was hit by a Japanese destroyer and the rescue of its crew and commanding officer J...

After sailing the short distance from Njari Island we arrive at the safe haven of Liapari Island, which is nestled at the southern end of Vella Lavella. Liapari island is the foremost working boat yard in the Solomons, with plans to build an airstrip and ...

We make our way around the shallow islands and reefs of Vona Vona Lagoon from Lola Island into the Diamond Narrows. Passing the large town of Noro in the Hawthorn Sound we sail to Ghizo Island. From there it is a short way to Njari Island to the north-west...

We head to Tetepare Island, the largest uninhabited island in the South Pacific, also known as the Last Wild Island, We speak to one of the Rangers based on the island. Finding out about the unique history, wildlife, flora and fauna to be found on the isl...

We sail from Guadalcanal to explore the Russell Islands. Our first stop is Lolaghan Island where we did a good samaritan deed. We then ventured further north to dive a deep pinnacle in the middle of the ocean, before heading north to a private island.

After clearing out of Vanuatu we take on the 220 mile passage to the Solomon Islands. We experience a sea, which makes it uncomfortable aboard, added to that, electric and engine failure. Arriving late in the afternoon at the island of Santa Cruz in the ...

After sailing from Australia to New Caledonia the 30 boats who joined the "Down Under Rally" for 2019 anchored at L'Escapade on Ilot Maitre in the southern lagoon close to Noumea. The resort is a stunning location with bungalows raised on stilts over the ...