Our Dreamtime YouTube Videos
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A Coral Garden of Giant Clams – Orpheus Island – Episode 22
We sail Our Dreamtime north from Townsville to Orpheus Island and witness one of the Great Barrier Reef's most amazing sights as hundreds of giant clams squirt high in the air as the tide recedes. Moored in crystal clear waters beside a very exclusive reso...
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...
Cancer Sucks, but we won’t let it end our Dream – An Update from Dreamtime Sail – Ep 20
A lot has been happening for the Dreamtime Sail crew since we returned from tropical North Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef to safely sit out the cyclone season in Brisbane. Like many YouTube Channels there’s a considerable delay between when we liv...
Whales, wind, waves and a galley disaster averted – Sailing Cape Upstart to Magnetic Is – Ep19 2020
We use every sail on board in tricky wind conditions heading north from Cape Upstart and along the way some friendly whales put on a great show for us. We usually bypass Cape Bowling Green due to its rolly reputation but with a reasonable weather forecast ...
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...
We visit the spiritual home of the Shag Islet Cruising Yacht Club – Ep 17 Cape Gloucester – 2020
We finally leave Airlie Beach and sail further north through the great Barrier Reef to spend a few days at gorgeous Cape Gloucester and Shag Islet, the spiritual home of the Shag Islet Cruising Yacht Club. Here we get into some more beach combing, a fishi...
Beach Bumming & Feasting on Fish in the Whitsundays – Ep 16 – Marcona Inlet 2020
We were hanging around waiting for our watermaker to return from being repaired but after a week at Airlie Beach we decide it’s time to get out in the beautiful Whitsunday Islands and find our way to Marcona Inlet on Hook Island for some crabbing and bea...
The Coast’s Most Expensive Marina – $ Value or Rip Off – Ep 15 – Airlie Beach, Whitsundays 2020
75 days after leaving the dock to isolate afloat away from Covid our provisions were holding out but our watermaker needed attention so we sail to Karen’s home town of Airlie Beach and take a berth in a marina for the first time since heading to sea. The...
Happy Bay – Happy Wife, Happy Life – Ep 14 – Long Island, Whitsundays 2020
Join in this episode as we rock and roll our way from Goldsmith Island to Long Island in the heart of the Whitsundays. We anchor off the mothballed Happy Bay Resort with excellent protection from the approaching strong south easterly winds. Karen spent ma...
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...