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A Day in the life of a Cruising Couple – Hinchinbrook Island – Ep 23
In this episode we do all the important stuff in sailing cruisers lives. We leave a beautiful anchorage at Orpheus Island, catch fish, clean fish, enjoy a fantastic downwind sail, pass closely by the 6 kilometre long, Lucinda Jetty and into the Hinchinbroo...
A Place Too Cool to Have Winter – Exploring Townsville – Ep 21
After a great stay at Magnetic Island, we sail across Cleveland Bay to spend a week in Breakwater Marina exploring Townsville, a city too cool to bother with having winter. The early August weather in this tropical city is glorious as we take a walking tou...
Sailing away to a stunning National Park only reached by sea – Cape Upstart – Ep 18 2020
After 10 glorious days at gorgeous Cape Gloucester and Shag Islet, we sail north to Cape Upstart. Although on the mainland, this magnificent National Park area has no road access and can only be reached by sea. Featuring numerous small bays with magnificen...
Island Love & Boat Life – 2020 Ep 13 – Watermaker Woes in Paradise
Sailing north through Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Islands, we discover a new ‘to us’ anchorage that very quickly becomes a candidate for the ‘Our Favourite Island’ title. Yes OK. It’s hard to stick with one favourite when the Great Barrier ...
Letting big wind blow by at Brampton Island – 2020 Ep 12 – Join us on this Great Barrier Reef Jewel
We sailed 79 miles to Brampton Island from Middle Percy Island to shelter from a strong blow coming from the South East. After sitting out days of wind and rain secure in the anchorage, we were rewarded with some perfect days to enjoy this tropical oasis. ...
Checking in at the legendary Percy Island Yacht Club – 2020 Ep 11 – Another Barrier Reef Paradise
After a relaxing stop on our Whitby 42 ketch in the Duke Island Group, we sail to Middle Percy Island, THE must visit destination high on all Australian cruisers' bucket list and check out the iconic ‘Percy Island Yacht Club’ A-Frame. Visiting yachties...
Laid Flat by wind & wave – 2020 Ep 10 – Knocked down when we least expected it
Sail with us on a 46 nautical mile passage amongst Australia’s Great Barrier Reef when the weather forecast said mild conditions but the sea decided otherwise. Sailing north from Great Keppel Island, we experience unexpected high wind gusts and big swell...
The Best and Worst of Great Keppel Island – 2020 Ep 9 – Perfect anchorage one day – hell the next
We spend a week on Great Keppel Island enjoying glorious weather and some of the best beaches in the world. We catch monster mud crab and get to grips with a few boat jobs. In ‘Our Galley’ Karen shows how she makes awesome Fish Tacos for lunch and aft...
Not enough wind to sail & the motor quits – 2020 Episode 5
We leave Kingfisher Bay at Fraser island sooner than anticipated to sail across Hervey Bay to the Burnett River to shelter from forecast high winds and heavy rain but we catch so many mackerel along the way we have to stop fishing. That’s all before our ...
Feasting on Crab at Fraser Island – Episode 4
Our journey to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef islands stalls in the Great Sandy Straits as a new Government COVID 19 regulation prohibits liveaboard cruisers from moving up the coast. While we wait and sort things out, we catch so many crabs Karen rises ...
Crossing the Notorious Wide Bay Bar – 2020 – Episode 3
Our journey north to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Islands continues. We touch bottom entering the harbour at Mooloolaba before sailing further north to a wonderful new anchorage recently built by mother nature at Double Island Point. Then it’s over t...
The Passage North Begins – 2020-Episode 2
We get a spectacular dolphin send off as we overcome our engine problems and finally begin the passage North towards Australia's Great Barrier Reef Islands. We land our first fish of the trip within minutes of setting the line and Karen shows how she fille...
We have run away to sea. – 2020 Episode 1 –
The Dreamtimesail crew leave our land locked life in the marina and head to sea to escape the emerging Covid 19 Pandemic. With borders closing fast our plans to cruise PNG, the Solomons and into Indonesia are scuttled but Our Dreamtime is fully provisioned...
In search of the perfect yacht tender
Since we began cruising we’ve worked our way through most of the tender options sailors have to choose from. See how the addition of a Kapten Boat Collar to an aluminum hulled dinghy has produced what we consider the perfect tender for our cruising needs...