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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

UP, AROUND & INTO INDONESIA – SERIES THREE BEGINS We have finally taken that first small step that every epic journey begins with. We leave Breakwater Marina in Townsville and sail to Orpheus Island for our first stop on a trip planned to take us all...

The time had come. SV Our Dreamtime had not been out of the water since pre-covid days so we expected a tough week’s work when she was hauled out at Townsville’s Rosshaven Marina and that’s pretty much what we got in 32-34c heat. Having said that, we...

As we make final preparations on our 1982 Whitby 42 ketch, SV Our Dreamtime, for international cruising, one of the biggest issues we face is electrical power. On top of essential lighting, instruments, radios, watermaker, refrigeration, pumps, fans etc we...

Leaving your boat in the middle of the cyclone zone over summer may seem fool hardy but after doing our research into the frequency of catastrophic storm events and inspecting a range of facilities on the coast, we decided to do just that and secured SV Ou...

On our final passage of our trip from Brisbane we cover the last 70 nautical miles from Cape Upstart to Breakwater Marina in Townsville where Our Dreamtime will be secured for the northern cyclone season. We have to overcome some mechanical issues first th...

It’s time to get Nutty back in the water and where she belongs. We leave Rosshaven Marine and head back over to Magnetic Island. Then it’s back to Townsville again to pick up parts and explore the Strand foreshore. Magnus starts on the ‘simple’ j...

Join us as we explore Tropical Magnetic Island (off the coast of Townsville) we catch up with our housemates from Tonga, check out the forts walk, the famous rock wallabies and try out Lincoln's ebay coocnut climber with great success :-P SKIP TO YOUR FA...

We sail Our Dreamtime north from Townsville to Orpheus Island and witness one of the Great Barrier Reef's most amazing sights as hundreds of giant clams squirt high in the air as the tide recedes. Moored in crystal clear waters beside a very exclusive reso...

After a great stay at Magnetic Island, we sail across Cleveland Bay to spend a week in Breakwater Marina exploring Townsville, a city too cool to bother with having winter. The early August weather in this tropical city is glorious as we take a walking tou...

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...

Sailing around Australia solo while working to earn a living