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Join us this week as we take a tour of 5 very different wooden boats at the Pittwater Wooden Boat Festival.
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With the weather once again taking a turn for the worse, we detour into Yellow Patch; an anchorage described as 'a Jewel of Scenery and Recreation' in Noel Patrick's Cruising Guide, "Cruising the Curtis Coast".
Pascale tries her hand at sand sledding and...
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Join us this week as we explore the Whitsundays back in our wee sailboat with our friend Annabel aboard! Expect spectacular scenery, fantastic sailing, wildlife encounters, beautiful sunsets, a little bit of free range foraging, oyster tequila slammers and...
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 the gift of favourable northerly winds we sail to the beautiful Whitsundays. It's good to finally...
After 3 weeks on the hard we move Mirrool to the Marina in Townsville to continue our refit.
This week we remove our old fuel tank and install the custom made Thermalite fibreglass tank that Troy built in the boatyard. We show you our bespoke, hand laid ...
In our last few days at the boat yard, Troy builds a new fuel tank and explains our proposed modified fuel system. We paint Mirrool's anti-foul, install the reconditioned injectors into our Yanmar 2GM20, repair 2 more osmosis blisters in the hull and make ...
The boat work continues this week as we fair minor repairs on the hull, fibreglass the large holes caused from osmosis blistering and demonstrate how we hand painted the topsides of our hull using the easy and cost effective "Roll and Tip Method".
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Join us this week as we visit Broadhurst Reef on the Great Barrier Reef. The visibility was great and we were thrilled to see the corals in such good condition. We check the anchorage with our drone, go free diving and spearfishing followed by a rendezvous...
Join us as we explore the beautiful Magnetic Island off the coast of Townsville in Queensland. We find Koala bears, visit the World War II anti-shipping forts and discover a tropical wetland complete with butterflies and fruit bats. We also rack up a giant...
We say goodbye to Hinchinbrook Island and head south to the Palm Isles. Once there we feast on coconuts, explore the fringing coral reef and look for waterholes. Pascale also teaches you how we make Shitake Mushroom Udon Noodle Soup and Troy takes an insid...
Entering the creek in beautiful Zoe Bay we run afoul of a sandbar. We talk you through what we did to come off the sandbar including the problems we encountered. We fly our drone for the first time to capture the spectacular scenery including the very stro...
Join us for our last day at Holmes Reef before we hoist the sails and head towards Hinchinbrook Island. This episode features another free diving sequence, some cheeky boobies, a bit of homemade pancetta, dreamy beamy sailing and a free range coconut raid....
Join us as we continue to explore the beautiful Holmes Reef in the Coral Sea. We discuss our dive in last week's episode, discover a lost tuna long line, spearfish off the edge and snorkel around a sand cay. Troy also explains a little bit about our free-d...
Keen for a swim, we take a break from beating to windward and sail on a reach to the famous dive site on the Great Barrier Reef, the Cod Hole, to discover that the mooring is otherwise occupied! Disheartened, we go for a dive nearby before continuing our s...
In this episode, we leave Tijou Reef and continue south to Cairns. On our way, we experience some more wild weather and discover that in some conditions our cockpit isn’t really that dry. Come with us as we continue to see what is like to sail the wrong ...
In this episode of Free Range Sailing we start the journey against the trade-winds down to Cairns some 600 nautical miles south. We say goodbye to Badu and it’s back to business as usual with plenty of sailing, fishing and shark feeding. We’ll show you...
We spend our last day on Thursday Island attending the Dawn Service and Parade for ANZAC Day before sailing to the island of Badu where we meet Councillor, Laurie and spend the day with his family on his beach camp. In this episode Pascale also shows you h...
Pascale arrives back on Thursday Island with a rattling parcel! We prepare for our trip south by making a giant batch of biltong with our mate Raph and Troy shows you how easy it is to fix the cooling pump on your outboard.
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We depart Thursday Island in search of the clear blue water of the outer barrier reef and beyond with sailing, freediving and sashimi this one has got it all!
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After a 300 mile crossing, we arrive in Weipa and take the opportunity to restock our provisions. We run through our recipe for home made bacon, put on a brew and do a little woodwork. As a bonus, you can learn:
13:00 how to coil a hose like a pearl diver...
The wind arrives so we say goodbye to the Northern Territory and set sail east across the Gulf of Carpentaria, destination Weipa in north-west Queensland. It’s our most interesting crossing yet despite being stuck in the doldrums for a significant amount...
We depart Broome to explore the Kimberley coast with some very favourable winds. Once again, we don't go hungry landing a decent Spanish Mackerel en route to Cape Leveque. Our first stop is the stunning Silica Bay famous for its pristine sand and crystal w...
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