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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 facility. We did catch a nice Spanish Mackere...
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 anticipation of favourable northerly winds ...
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 Island before making our way to Tongue Bay and th...
Face to face with a monster of the reef in glassed out conditions – Ep 36
Sailing amongst the islands of the Great Barrier Reef, we’re always on the lookout for the perfect weather window to spend time amongst the coral lagoons of the outer reef. In this episode we scored perfect, glass out conditions for a three day stop on Our Dreamtime at Bait Reef surrounded by nothin...
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 Cape Upstart. The sun, wind and water combine to provi...
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...
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 at Orpheus Island. The seasonal northerly winds...
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 and Kent Island were both outstanding sto...
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 throw off the lines and squeeze out of Half moon...
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 the amazing streams and rainforest of Mosman ...
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 Barron Falls and Kuranda was high on our to do li...
Kicking Cancer’s Butt – a real time update on Rob’s cancer treatment & our sailing plans.- Ep 28
Followers of @Dreamtimesail will be aware that all our cruising plans went out the window back in May when Rob was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. In this video we give a real time update of what’s gone on since then with his treatment, surgery and our re-jigged plans for the future. It’s a break f...
Will we make it? – The tight creek entry to Cairn’s Bluewater Marina – Episode 27
We sail our Whitby 42 Ketch from Fitzroy Island to the northern most stop of our Great Barrier Reef cruising at the city of Cairns. Here we nervously, navigate the narrow, twisting entry to Bluewater Marina up a mangrove lined creek. It is very shallow in places and a bit daunting, particularly at l...
Making a Splash at Nudey Beach – Fitzroy Island – Ep 26
Nearing the northern most point of our Covid escaping Great Barrier Reef cruising, we sail from Dunk Island and witness an incredible display from Humpback Whales as we dodge fast moving squalls. Rolling swells convince us to skip our planned destination of Russell Island in the Franklin Group and p...
Dreamtime in the Rain Forest – Dunk Island – Ep 25
We finally leave the crocodiles and bugs behind at Hinchinbrook Island and sail through the Family group of islands to anchor off the closed resort at Dunk Island. Here we explore national park trails deep into the ancient rain forest, enjoy the constant birdsong and take in magnificent views over t...
Sailing in Crocodile Country – Hinchinbrook Island – Ep 24
In this episode we spend a week deep in crocodile country as we sheltered from a strong weather system whipping up big winds and high seas right along the coast. We were very well protected in the waters of the Hinchinbrook Channel running between the World Heritage listed Hinchinbrook Island and th...
A Day in the life of a Cruising Couple – Hinchinbrook Island – Ep 23
In this episode we do all the important stuff in sailing cruisers lives. We leave a beautiful anchorage at Orpheus Island, catch fish, clean fish, enjoy a fantastic downwind sail, pass closely by the 6 kilometre long, Lucinda Jetty and into the Hinchinbrook Channel, catch more fish, clean more fish,...
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 resort, (read expensive), we enjoy the glor...
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 tour of beautifully preserved colonial building...
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 live our sailing adventures and they appear on sc...
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 we decided to anchor for the night. But of c...
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 magnificent sand beaches, the anchorage is well shelte...
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 fishing challenge with fellow cruisers and enjoy ...