This week we are excited to be back on the road after many weeks at Airlie Beach. This week we spend a few days in the sweltering heat at Notch Point, a pretty sweet spot!
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MY DREAM ISLAND! 🏝️Tropical Paradise With My Girlfriend
This is THE LAST EPISODE of 'The Great Adventure' Season: 1
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Now that we have our new sails we can finally install the headsail furling Reefurl Furler.
It’s simple to install and is provided with easy to follow instructions. Nothing has been left to chance.
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Wendy and Mag...
When you take your family sailing around the world, you dream of anchoring in a tropical paradise. The sun is always out. The water clarity is 50 meters. The temperature is not too hot where you're sweating, but not too cold that you need a sweatshirt at n...
We want to thank everyone that wrote in with a question or multiple. we with the conclusion of this video we have now answered just about all of your questions. Don‘t worry too much if you missed on getting your question in because we’ll be asking for ...
We race @TheCruisingKiwis to dive the 400 year old shipwreck of the Batavia on the Abrolhos Islands before making a run for the shelter of Shark Bay to weather an approaching low pressure system.
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RETURNING TO CIVILISATION: From Back 2 Basics To The Temple!
'The Temple' in Cape York needs to be on everybody's hit list!
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Returning to life on anchor, sailing back out to the tropical islands.
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After a week in the marina restocking Nakama's cupboards with food, installing an int...
Our final day on the water! We paddle to an old Pearl farm in the Torres Straits and met a courageous dog who survived from the jaws of a crocodile. Thanks for coming along for the journey. It's been a wild ride... we look forward to sharing more adventure...
We reached Cairns, the northern most point of our Great Barrier Reef sailing this season and, while we wait for the winds to turn northerly we took the opportunity to explore this tropical wonderland. The Skyrail cable car over the rain forest to the Barro...
Selling a MONOHULL and buying a CATAMARAN mid-pandemic!
So this episode is a little different…
We run you through our thoughts for 2021 and what we’ve been up to mid-pandemic. We have SOLD our beloved Torea VI and travelled across the globe to purcha...
This week we are back to just the two of us after a few weeks with friends and getting some work to help top up the bank accounts we also say good by to Airlie Beach
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We're stuck in COFFS HARBOUR... with coronavirus lockdowns happening all around us, we're getting some serious boat jobs done. We also visit the BIG BANANA!
We’re up on the hard at the Rosshaven Marine boatyard. It’s time to sort the new sails out.
Magnus begins by putting the new staysail on the Reefurl furler which we installed quite some time ago in 35 knot winds!
Meanwhile Wendy is busy painting the ...
Freedom! We come out of Quarantine and quickly check off a few quintessential Australian adventures: We hit the Gold Coast beaches, cross some treacherous bars, feed some indigenous animals, surf the Superbank, cuddle a Koala, see our first "Salty" and mak...
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Nutshell gets hauled out of the water and is given a good clean.
It’s time to dig deep to find our painting supplies in the starboard aft cabin, ‘the shed’.
Magnus goes about checking the through hull and finds that the one in the gall...
Diving with these magnificent creatures is possibly the highlight of all our lives!
In far north Great Barrier Reef you will find, the famous Ribbon Reefs, and on those reefs a Bommie called Lighthouse...
Nothing special, nothing out of the ordinary for th...
The day we paddled to the tip of Australia. A roller coaster from making a breakfast damper, crying and hugging my parents, drinking rum and champagne under a coconut tree and a stellar sunset. This was one of the most special and defining moments of my li...
After managing to surprise leeann with the best birthday surprise ever, (see previous episode https://youtu.be/5H_skft4-dE ) we set sail to explore the whitsunday's. This week is part 2 of our epic sail, and we get up to a few shenanigans
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We head off for the long walk up to the historic forts on Magnetic Island.
It’s worth the hike, if only for the amazing view from the top.
On Sunday we take a look at the little market on the beach.
Then it’s time to say goodbye to Magnetic Island a...
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After making it across our finish line at the Northernmost tip of Australia we weren't quite ready to call it quits just yet...
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 our way to Cape Upstart and check out the little beach and the ‘beach shacks’ which line th...
We sail our Whitby 42 Ketch from Fitzroy Island to the northern most stop of our Great Barrier Reef cruising at the city of Cairns. Here we nervously, navigate the narrow, twisting entry to Bluewater Marina up a mangrove lined creek. It is very shallow in ...
A weathered sex toy was the last thing we thought to find washed up on the beach! Other than getting chased by the "salty dildo", the kayak crew paddle to a secluded bay to camp for the final days before making the crossing in the hope to reach the Norther...
After managing to surprise leeann with the best birthday surprise ever, (see previous episode https://youtu.be/5H_skft4-dE ) we set sail to explore the whitsunday's.
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WHALES AHEAD!!!!!! We almost hit a humpback whale. FAR OUT. What would you have done? Also, on a positive note, after 90+ hours at sea, we arrive into Sydney.
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After 110 days living out of the Salty Dingo... Is This The End!?
Rough weather, waves crashing and swamping the boat, motor...
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 unfortunately we can’t stop there because the tides are not in our favour.
A lovely sail…
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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!...
🌴 Kayaking the Wild Ep: 13 🌴
In this episode, I finally catch a fish out of the kayak, a very memorable & super awkward catch. But far out it tasted soooo good! We're getting closer to our destination, the most northern tip of Australia. Hope yo...
Hi Guys, after a few weeks off camera and earning some $$ we make it to Airlie Beach and get reacquainted with camper-trailer life. Leeann has no idea what is in store.....
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In this episode we say goodbye to our beloved Mac dinghy and get a brand new inflatable RIB dinghy by Highfield.
And we do a project that Delos took just 3 days to complete, well for us it's 3 weeks of painstaking work.
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