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Camping on Lizard Island

Remote camping at Lizard Island can be reached by a 7 metre + boat in good weather from Cooktown (57 miles) and Starke (27 miles). ...
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Fishing beside the green zone and looking for structure.

Ep. 6 Fishing beside the green zone

Trapped by the monsoon in Watsons Bay (Lizard Island), our only option was fishing beside the green zone. In an attempt to catch lunch, we ...
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Yellow zone alive with plate size coral trout.

Ep. 5: Alive with Coral Trout!

The yellow zone around Lizard Island was alive with coral trout! Possibly due in part to the immense green zone seeding adjacent areas.
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One more cast… (too many)!

When leaving a hot fishing session, cries of “one more cast” abound. This time we had one more cast too many and got smashed by ...
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Huge GT on a barra lure -RMF Scaleblazer fishing topwater

Catching HUGE GT fishing topwater on a barra lure!

Catching huge GT topwater is about the most fun you can have with your pants on. While heading north to Lizard Island, I’d been hanging ...
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Double hook up Nannygai fishing Cairns to Cooktown

Fishing Cairns to Cooktown

We are finally heading north and fishing Cairns to Cooktown on the way! After leaving Cairns and steaming through the night (to about 2am), we ...
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Exhausted after fixing the boat bad luck

Boat bad luck be gone as we head north!

Desperate times call for desperate measures as we try and get rid of our boat bad luck! Karen does a smoking ceremony and buys a ...
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Fishing off Cairns during Mood Swings repair

While the split water tank repair continues on Mood Swings, we decided to amuse ourselves fishing off Cairns. The tank repair was quite problematic (as ...
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Project managing major boat repairs

Major boat repair and diamond challenge

When it comes to big issues like a major boat repair – leave it to the woman! After learning of our split water tank, we ...
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Checking boat plans for removal of split water tank.

Is there a split water tank on the big boat?

Is it a split water tank or just a corroded sender unit? After filling the water tank and about to cast off the ropes, Ryan ...
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Boat issues in Townsville

Until now we were blissfully unaware of the serious boat issues we were about to uncover. We thought we were stopping over in Townsville install ...
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