Ep 229 | The Most Amazing Feeling! We’re Finally Heading North, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
We leave the Great Barrier Reef and head back towards Airlie Beach. We stop on the way for a night at Black Island.
After a couple of days of sorting stuff, installing a new water filter and tidying up the saloon, we finally actually leave and head north!
We hope you enjoy this episode. This is the beginning of a great new adventure! Come on, let’s go!
Thanks for watching.
Until next time…
Wendy and Magnus
Music Credits:
00:01 Jenny By the Water, Clarke Russo, Epidemic Sound
00:52 Waltz for You, Alexander Valentine, Epidemic Sound
03:29 Green Living, Gold in June, Epidemic Sound
09:11 Beauty and Peace, Damon Greene, Epidemic Sound
10:57 Beauty and Peace, Damon Greene, Epidemic Sound
14:13 As We Saw the Ocean, Epidemic Sound
#AirlieBeach #BlackIsland #SailingWhitsundays #WaterFilter
00:00 Sailing Back to Airlie
08:19 Leaving Airlie and Sailing North
11:34 Day One and Celebrating
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