2nd leg of Series 3 - UP, AROUND & INTO INDONESIA
We leave beautiful Fitzroy Island with a spirited sail but short sail to Trinity Inlet at Cairns where we share the anchorage with huge cruise liners and 100+ million dollars Superyachts.
While our g...
3rd leg of Series 3 - UP, AROUND & INTO INDONESIA
After sitting out a week of high winds and driving rain at Clump Point we loved getting off the boat and exploring beautiful Mission Beach. Then the weather turned perfect to head for the outer reefs ...
2nd leg of Series 3 - UP, AROUND & INTO INDONESIA
After a short stop at beautiful Dunk Island, we run to nearby Clump Point at Mission Beach to take shelter from nearly a week of atrocious strong winds and heavy rain. We are boat bound for days keepi...
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...
After a short visit to the Whitsunday Islands, we leave Airlie Beach and push on North towards our cyclone season base in Townsville. The first stop along the way is at the sailor friendly Cape Gloucester Eco Resort. Then we have a very busy day pulling in...
After a delightful few days at Keswick island off Mackay, we push further north. We still can’t use our mainsail due to the sheet bracket on the boom we broke earlier on the trip north, but we still find ourselves sailing along so nicely with just headsa...
We have yet another fantastic visit to West Bay and the Cruiser’s A-Frame at Middle Percy Island before sailing further north to Keswick Island where we spend a couple of days sheltering from high winds while enjoying the pure white sand beach and crysta...
What began as an easy downwind sail from Port Clinton to Middle Percy Island on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef became more complicated as the wind and sea state built, we had a near collision with a huge motorboat and then suffered a serious rigging fail...
What began as an easy downwind sail from Port Clinton to Middle Percy Island on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef became more complicated as the wind and sea state built, we had a near collision with a huge motorboat and finally we suffered a serious riggin...
After a short stop at Great Keppel Island we sailed on north to Port Clinton while the weather allowed us. When we arrived at Perforated Point we had the anchorage all to ourselves for the first time since leaving Brisbane. We enjoyed three days in this id...
We leave Pancake Creek and Bustard Head lighthouse to continue our trek north to our planned stop at beautiful Great Keppel Island. Enroute, we have to navigate our way through hundreds of huge bulk carrier ships anchored off the Port of Gladstone waiting...
We sail Our Dreamtime north from Burnett Heads to remote anchorage at Pancake Creek where we spend some time exploring the natural delights of this out of the way location only accessible by boat. We also visit the historic Bustard Head Lighthouse cloaked ...
#shorts In Episode 59 on Dreamtime Sail's YT channel we sail our Whitby 42 ketch from Pancake Creek to Great Keppel Island dodging our way through hundreds of huge bulk carriers anchored off the Port of Gladstone. The full episode will be published Friday ...
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 were sad to leave the beautiful sand lagoon anchorage at Double Island Point but sailing north in Spring, we need to make use of every weather window available, so it was another crossing of the ever-changing Wide Bay Bar. We have never followed the sam...
We’re on our way north again to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and already the fish are being hauled in while we sail. How we do it is one of our most asked questions and in this episode Rob reveals our no longer secret “Spero Rig” that has transfo...
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