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Marina Townsville SunkenBoat-06174

Townsville marina stopover

Townsville Marina was our next port of call on our way from Cairns to the Swain Reefs. And since Townsville is my home town, also ...
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Cruising the Palm Islands – Storms at Fantome

Cruising the Palm Islands on our way to the Swain reefs, we encountered some serious storms. Mostly because travelling in a La Nina event was ...
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A skippers job is never over – Hinchinbrook to Palm Island leg.

Cruising from Hinchinbrook to Palm Island our journey continues… You may recall last episode we were stuck in spectacular barra mecca Hinchinbrook Island, awaiting a ...
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Boat issues in Cardwell – Cairns to Hinchinbrook Island leg.

We didn’t get far!  Boat issues in Cardwell have us stuck in Hinchinbrook island for the night! We knew crusing the Queensland coast in our ...
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Cruising the Queensland Coast – Departure Day

Cruising the Queensland Coast in our motor boat Mood Swings begins! Exhausted from all the prep and the last minute push to finish our latest ...
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Preparing for an ocean voyage – South to the Swains

Preparing for an ocean voyage can be a mission, as we also have to prep the things we are leaving behind. Like cars and house ...
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Large mouth nannygai fishing offshore Cairns

Fishing wide offshore Cairns

Today the goal was red emperor fishing wide offshore Cairns. In about 65 metres of water. Of course, we chose heatwave conditions to head far ...
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Reflecting on 2022

Well it’s the end of the year and time to start reflecting on 2022. So we can let that year go and gear up for ...
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Finding Wonky Holes in under 20 metres

To find new Wonky Holes in under 20 metres nice and close to home requires searching. Some days I make it my quest to find ...
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Testing our (heavier) RMF Pillager 36 gram stick bait lures

Our RMF Pillager sinking stick bait lures in 24 grams has been dynamite on fish! But in periods of stronger current or areas a bit ...
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Autohome Columbus Roof Top Tent Review

Back in 2009 Karen bought a short wheel base Pajero and an Autohome Columbus Roof top tent. It was her goal to travel solo across ...
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Daintree to Wujal Wujal via the CREB track (Part 2)

Travelling from the Daintree to Wujal Wujal, the CREB track is reported to be one of the toughest 4×4 tracks in Australia. We started our ...
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