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Mooring Disaster strikes while sheltering from wild weather at Clump Point. – Series 3 Episode 70
2nd leg of Series 3 - UP, AROUND & INTO INDONESIA After a short stop at beautiful Dunk Island, we run to nearby Clump Point at Mission Beach to take shelter from nearly a week of atrocious strong winds and heavy rain. We are boat bound for days keepi...
The Giant Clams of Orpheus Island. Our first small step towards Indonesia. – Series 3 Episode 69
UP, AROUND & INTO INDONESIA – SERIES THREE BEGINS We have finally taken that first small step that every epic journey begins with. We leave Breakwater Marina in Townsville and sail to Orpheus Island for our first stop on a trip planned to take us all...
We’ve got the Boatyard Blues! See 7 Days of our DIY Haul Out in just 20 minutes. – S2 Episode 68
The time had come. SV Our Dreamtime had not been out of the water since pre-covid days so we expected a tough week’s work when she was hauled out at Townsville’s Rosshaven Marina and that’s pretty much what we got in 32-34c heat. Having said that, we...
Our Electricity hungry boat NEEDS Power, Power and more Power – Can we provide it? S2 Episode 67
As we make final preparations on our 1982 Whitby 42 ketch, SV Our Dreamtime, for international cruising, one of the biggest issues we face is electrical power. On top of essential lighting, instruments, radios, watermaker, refrigeration, pumps, fans etc we...
Would you leave your boat in Australia’s Cyclone Zone during the summer? We did! – S2 Episode 66
Leaving your boat in the middle of the cyclone zone over summer may seem fool hardy but after doing our research into the frequency of catastrophic storm events and inspecting a range of facilities on the coast, we decided to do just that and secured SV Ou...
Sailing into Cyclone Territory to secure the boat in Townsville’s Breakwater Marina – S2 Episode 65
On our final passage of our trip from Brisbane we cover the last 70 nautical miles from Cape Upstart to Breakwater Marina in Townsville where Our Dreamtime will be secured for the northern cyclone season. We have to overcome some mechanical issues first th...
We’re almost done! Series 2 Episode 64
After a short visit to the Whitsunday Islands, we leave Airlie Beach and push on North towards our cyclone season base in Townsville. The first stop along the way is at the sailor friendly Cape Gloucester Eco Resort. Then we have a very busy day pulling in...
When the sailing is too good to stop we just keep on going to the Whitsunday Islands – S2 Episode 63
After a delightful few days at Keswick island off Mackay, we push further north. We still can’t use our mainsail due to the sheet bracket on the boom we broke earlier on the trip north, but we still find ourselves sailing along so nicely with just headsa...
Sailing from Middle Percy Island to yet another Tropical Paradise at Keswick Island – Series2 Ep 62
We have yet another fantastic visit to West Bay and the Cruiser’s A-Frame at Middle Percy Island before sailing further north to Keswick Island where we spend a couple of days sheltering from high winds while enjoying the pure white sand beach and crysta...
A near collision at sea then rigging failure on our way to Middle Percy Island – Series 2 Ep 61
What began as an easy downwind sail from Port Clinton to Middle Percy Island on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef became more complicated as the wind and sea state built, we had a near collision with a huge motorboat and finally we suffered a serious riggin...
We sail from Great Keppel Island & anchor all alone in paradise at Perforated Point – S2 Ep 60
After a short stop at Great Keppel Island we sailed on north to Port Clinton while the weather allowed us. When we arrived at Perforated Point we had the anchorage all to ourselves for the first time since leaving Brisbane. We enjoyed three days in this id...
Sailing to Great Keppel Island from Pancake Creek dodging HUGE ships on the way – S 2 Episode 59
We leave Pancake Creek and Bustard Head lighthouse to continue our trek north to our planned stop at beautiful Great Keppel Island. Enroute, we have to navigate our way through hundreds of huge bulk carrier ships anchored off the Port of Gladstone waiting...
Murder, Abduction & Suicide–We sail to the scene of the crime at Bustard Head Lighthouse – S2 Ep58
We sail Our Dreamtime north from Burnett Heads to remote anchorage at Pancake Creek where we spend some time exploring the natural delights of this out of the way location only accessible by boat. We also visit the historic Bustard Head Lighthouse cloaked ...
Making the most of Bundaberg Port Marina ticking off the jobs list & discovering local gems. S2 Ep57
We hadn’t planned to spend long in the Port of Bundaberg Marina but unfavourable winds and a long list of boat jobs conspired to keep us there for over a week. Thanks to one of our generous Patreon supporters, Griff, we made good use of a loan car and hi...