Sailing Catamaran Escape - Cruising the Queensland Coast - Episode 64
After coming down from the hardstand at Boatworks in Coommera we take a work berth. We finish the window installation, change the LED in the tachometer to regain the hours. Another job...
After finishing all our boat jobs to get the boat ready for the cruising season, we are finally off. Leaving Moreton Bay we head up the Sunshine Coast and over the Wide Bay Bar. Short overnight stops as we sail across Hervey Bay to reach Bundaberg.
Captain Eber Bunker of the whaling ship 'Albion' was the first European to discover the region and he gave his name to the Southern Group. These 22 islands and reefs lie about 40 miles off the Central Queensland coast.
They are important for their breedin...
In this episode we head off from Great Keppel Island to nearby North Keppel island, then on to Pearl Bay. The following day we're off to Hexham Island and overnight stops at Percy Islands well known West Bay, and the mysterious island of Curlew part of the...
Having left Curlew Island we thread our way through the dozens of ship carriers anchored off the port of Mackay. Unable to get our engine oil leaks worked on immediately we decided to carry on cruising up the coast and maybe try somewhere else. We had brie...
After having arrived in The Whitsunday Islands, we leave Long Island to first head for Airlie Beach then sail to South Molle Island.
South Molle was always known as one of the major resorts in the area geared for families. A swimming pool, golf course and...
After departing Whitehaven Beach we made our way around to Butterfly Bay. After a brief stop we continued on to Airlie Beach for a few days.
It was then time head south, but very undecided on where to stop on the way.
Overnight stops were Long Island, Sha...
Setting sail from St. Bees Island our intention was to head for the Percy Islands but an uncertain weather forecast meant a change in plan.
We anchored at Curlew Island part of the Guardfish Cluster group.
Heavy fog saw us depart for the Duke Islands, an...
Sailing Catamaran Escape Episode 73. Great Keppel Island - The Narrows.
After an overnight passage from Hunter Island and arriving in the early hours of the morning at Great Keppel Island, we anchored at Resort Beach. Soon after it was time to take the is...
Sailing Catamaran Escape
Follow us through "The Narrows", a shallow waterway only passable at high tide, on our way to Gladstone and Bundaberg.
We pass by the large LNG Projects that were built on Curtis Island to process the coal seam gas from The Surat...
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