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Becalmed to Near Gale – The Final Sail of our Great Barrier Reef Cruising Season – Ep 47
Our eight month odyssey sailing amongst the tropical islands of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef on our Whitby 42 ketch finally comes to an end. We leave beautiful Double Island Point and then experience everything from no wind to a near gale all in the o...
Hiding from 60 Knot winds in the Great Sandy Straights – We also feed Tin Can Bay dolphins. Ep 45
On Our Dreamtime we enjoy a fantastic spinnaker run down the inside of K’Gari (Fraser Island) while water bombing aircraft fly over head battling huge fires ashore. After a stop in Garry’s Anchorage in the Great Sandy Straits to shelter from some stron...
We found Paradise – Anchored at K’Gari (Fraser Island) The world’s largest sand island. – Episode 44
Join us as we sail across Hervey Bay from Burnett Heads in company with buddy boats Whoosh and Velindra to anchor off Wathumba Creek on K’Gari, the indigenous name of Fraser Island, where we discover paradise. Powdery white sand beaches lapped by crystal...
Up the creek without a paddle – Navigating the Burnett River to Bundaberg’s Town Reach – Episode 43
We’re not quite up the creek without a paddle as we navigate the Burnett River to anchor in Bundaberg’s Town reach for the first time. Here we explore this delightful regional city, enjoy its outstanding Bert Hinkler Aviation Museum and welcome aboard ...
Trapped by Great Keppel Island Again – It really is Australian sailors’ favourite stop – Episode 41
We continue sailing Our Dreamtime south from Port Clinton, making our way past the bogey spot of our passage north at Cape manifold. It was here we suffered our only ever knockdown five months earlier and Karen was still feeling apprehensive. This time how...
Why won’t our anchor hold? A sleepless night at the Great Barrier Reef’s Curlew Island. Episode 39
After leaving the beautiful Newry Islands we play dodgem cars sailing our ketch through the huge field of bulk coal carriers anchored off Mackay. You never know when one is going to up anchor and move into the dock for their turn to load at the Hay Point f...
We discover the secret hideaway of Australia’s first ever sex siren of the silver screen.- Ep 38
After another stop in Coral Seas Marina at Airlie Beach, it's time to leave the Whitsunday Islands behind and continue our journey south through Australia's Great Barrier Reef. We make a short, upwind hop to anchor at Happy Bay on Long Island in anticipat...
The Best of the Whitsundays – A Sailing Odyssey in 20 Minutes – Episode 37
This time on Dreamtime Sail we leave stunning Bait Reef to sail our Whitby 42 ketch to some of the Whitsunday Islands most beautiful locations starting with Langford Reef off Hayman Island. We spend a tranquil night on a mooring at Stonehaven on Hook Islan...
We catch fish, fish and more fish sailing from Magnetic Island to Cape Upstart – Ep 35
Some sailing days are just near perfect. After a short but beautiful stop at Picnic Bay on Magnetic Island we’re up before dawn to sail ‘Our Dreamtime’, a Whitby 42 ketch, 70 nautical miles further south through Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to Ca...
Great Barrier Reef Island Hopping – Ep 33
We island hop through Australia’s Great Barrier Reef on our Whitby 42 ketch as we head south ahead of the coming cyclone season leaving Kent Island stopping at Dunk, Gould and Hinchinbrook Islands on the way to spending a few days enjoying the sunshine a...
Tropical Island Skinny Dipping – Ep 32
Sailing Australia’s Great Barrier Reef we find a whole tropical island paradise to ourselves and make the most of it. You don't have to be in your twenties with an Instagram body to enjoy a naked swim and nude beach walk in the sunshine. Normanby Island ...
Provisioning a boat for extended coastal cruising – Episode 31
After an extended stay in Cairns we provision the boat for our 1000 mile trip south through the Great Barrier Reef islands back to Brisbane and out of the cyclone zone before the season begins. Karen explains how to make the job easier and cheaper. We thro...
Reef to Rainforest – Enjoying the delights of Cairns and the Tablelands – Ep 30
While Our Dreamtime is in the marina, we’re off exploring more of beautiful Far North Queensland around Cairns with the stunning lakes of the Atherton Tablelands and the heritage town of Yungaburra on the schedule along with a trip up to Port Douglas and...
Sailing over the tree tops on the Skyrail Rain Forest Experience from Cairns to Kuranda – Ep 29
We reached Cairns, the northern most point of our Great Barrier Reef sailing this season and, while we wait for the winds to turn northerly we took the opportunity to explore this tropical wonderland. The Skyrail cable car over the rain forest to the Barro...