How much do marinas cost? And what's the cost of living on board a boat in general? We mark the anchor, re-provision, address our dirty laundry and set sail.
In this episode land on an island in the beautiful Whitsundays that was once home to a fancy vacation resort, but has since been left desolate after a tragic ...
In this episode we travel through the most famous sailing grounds in Australia, the Whitsundays, to find the most beautiful beach known as Whitehaven! Due to ...
I never cease to be blown away by the beauty of this place. Hill Inlet is the jewel in our crown - the iconic image of our 74-island paradise known ...
Hop aboard for another week of floating adventures on our small sailboat. We have created a Patreon account, if you have been enjoying this production you can ...
We’re diving straight into the rich oceans waters of Blue Pearl Bay in the Whitsundays to kick start this weeks episode. We have created a Patreon account, if ...
Another day, another island on our sailboat. We are on UNI holidays and we are scuba diving to celebrate! We have created a Patreon account, if you have been ...
We can’t believe they let us inside, we have been let loose inside a sailmakers loft in Airlie beach with the guidance of our good friend and marine trimmer ...
It’s time to work on the solar regulars for Nutshell. Magnus does the install and wiring and we now have high tech stuff on Nutshell! We leave Bowen and make ...
We go ashore and explore Grassy Island and then slowly make our way up the coast to Gloucester Island. There’s a great pub nearby at Dingo Beach, but ...
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, ...
We leave the beautiful Langford Island and Langford Reef and make our way out to the Great Barrier Reef, namely, Bait Reef and Hook Reef. Nutshell gets a good ...
Having a brief break from boat work to do a photography job for a friend, and took the additional opportunity to A) tackle Hamilton Island's Passage Peak, and ...
Sit back and relax as we take you on a delightful bush walk up to the Hill Inlet lookout. Hill Inlet is at the northern end of Whitsunday Island and the view ...
We leave the unimpressive Shaw Island and have a wonderful sail to Chalkies Beach which is opposite the world famous Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsundays. The ...
While we wait out the bad weather, we take the opportunity to look around Cid Harbour. We take Peanut out along the banks to explore the beautiful scenery. We ...
After spending quite a few very rainy days sitting out the weather in Gulnare Inlet we decide to just go for it and take Peanut up the creek in search of a ...
We leave Stonehaven Bay with a much cleaner bottom and sail across to Happy Bay. We don’t get to stay there long because there’s a storm brewing and we need ...
We've been taking advantage of the latest weather window to carry on chasing the leaks. This means it's been all about deck work on the good ship Brilliant II ...
Magnus heads out the back of our block to clear the track and ends up stuck in a ditch which wasn’t there the last time we were back at the farm pre Cyclone ...
Magnus is busy with jobs for Peanut and Nutshell. Peanut’s pimping continues with a new propeller guard and Magnus works on Nutshell’s new engine. It’s time ...
We are having issues with the water pump so Magnus pulls it apart to see what the problem is and hopefully to fix it. It’s very windy in the Whitsundays with ...
We drive down to Mackay to pick up our new outboard for peanut and Magnus, then head out for a test drive in the bay and through the Coral Sea Marina. Then ...
Hands down the BEST walk in the Whitsundays we've done to date. Enjoy! 💙 @shazatsea