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Make or Break | La Niña Summer Sailing to an Abandoned Leper Colony on the Great Barrier Reef
The Sailing Adventures of Brilliant II

Make or Break | La Niña Summer Sailing to an Abandoned Leper Colony on the Great Barrier Reef

The second part of our La Niña summer sailing series sees us riding the end of a strong wind warning to Fantome Island – an abandoned Leper Colony on the Great Barrier Reef. En route stuff breaks (or should I say, “ship happens”), we undertake a jury rig, talk safety at sea (from the ‘safety’ of ou...
Anchored off Hell on Earth in a Tropical Paradise – The grim story of Fantome Island – Ep 34
Dreamtime Sail

Anchored off Hell on Earth in a Tropical Paradise – The grim story of Fantome Island – Ep 34

Fantome Island in the Palm Group of Islands on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is yet another beautiful, tropical wonderland cooled by the trade winds and lapped by crystal clear waters. However, it has a very dark past and was the scene of great misery for much of the 20th century as a place of bani...
Ep 238 | An Abandoned Leper Colony on Fantome Island, Sailing Nutshell
Life in a Nutshell

Ep 238 | An Abandoned Leper Colony on Fantome Island, Sailing Nutshell

In this episode we explore Fantome Island Lock Hospital and Lazaret sites which were once a leper colony. It was built from 1926 to 1945 by the Queensland Government. Thanks for watching. Until next time… Wendy and Magnus Music Credits: Music Credits: 00:01 Jenny By the Water, Clarke Russo, Epid...
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