When we're not feeling energetic enough to tackle Whitsunday Peak, there's another fantastic little track we traverse from the anchorage at Cid Harbour. ...

This episode we race through the Whitsunday Islands group making our way north. We stop a Whitehaven Beach and the Whitsunday Cairn to fly the drone, before ...

It's places like Langford Island that really epitomise why we've stayed in the Whitsundays so long. With 74 islands on our doorstep, there's always more to ...

My close friends know I like a good walk. They also know my husband Julian hates walking. Happily I have a couple of hiking buddies, but every now and again ...

In his fabulous Whitsunday cruising guide "100 Magic Miles", David Colfelt describes Whitsunday Peak as one of the most challenging walks of the region's Ngaro ...

We have been hanging out to take Nutshell out for a sail but the weather has not been kind enough. I wouldn’t say that we are fair weather sailors but huge ...

Manta Ray Bay on the north coast of Hook Island in the main Whitsunday group. is renowned for its friendly fish. Big ones. It's the place to go if you want ...

One of the more positive by-products of Covid-19 was a rare opportunity to enjoy 24 hours at world-famous Whitehaven Beach entirely alone. Well, when I say ...

Living in the Whitsundays for the past 11 years, we've been lucky enough to have 74 islands right here on our doorstep. 74 islands spread across 100 magic ...

And, once again, we have problems with the engine, well the gearbox actually. After Magnus had spent hours rebuilding it, it suddenly fills with water! Magnus ...

Magnus wrangles a dangerous snake and saves the girls from harm at the farm. We head off to Happy Bay on Long Island in the Whitsundays, with our youngest ...

Magnus makes a start on converting our existing staysail into a furling one. He begins by removing the old bolt rope, which is too small, and then sewing in a ...

It’s time to focus on sticking Nutshell back together again. Magnus glues the opening for one of the cupboard doors in the head. He attaches new catches to ...

With everything that is going on at the moment, it is lovely to be able to head out to the Whitsunday islands for a few days of fishing and exploring. Peanut ...

Magnus continues the job of sorting out the cutting of the new v-berth mattress to fit Nutshell. Wendy paints the locker lids to tidy them up a bit. We take ...

In our quest to nail down great recipes and techniques for our Kimberley trip, Wendy makes pesto out of the Woolworth’s basil which began as little seedlings ...

After the shock of the explosion on Nutshell, a wonderful couple, Cassie and Tony, invited us out on their yacht for a day sail in the Whitsundays. It was the ...

Airlie Beach Race Week is over for another year so we at the "World on Water" can look back with the Race organisers at the highlights. We had cameras in ...

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A prediction of a cyclone developing in the far north and heading south down the Queensland coast means we decide to spend another week at Hook Island where we ...

Join us this week as we explore the Whitsundays back in our wee sailboat with our friend Annabel aboard! Expect spectacular scenery, fantastic sailing, ...

Join us as Pascale introduces you to her family whilst we charter a catamaran in the Whitsundays. We go sailing, catch a black tip shark for dinner and dive ...

Join us this week as we untie the lines at Townsville Marina after a 2 month refit of Mirrool. We sail away not knowing exactly where we will end up but using ...

We sail north from The Sir James Smith Islands to Hamilton Island, with brief stops at Thomas and Shaw Islands. We have some Percy Island honey for one of the ...