Month: December 2007

  After staying at Haycock Island for a few days, we weighed anchor and headed for Port Hinchinbrook marina for our new years eve dinner at the restaurant. Marina Office at port Hinchinbrook Looking back into the Marina entrance   We had a fantastic evening and surprisingly felt quite good the next morning. We did…

For the past two days we have been anchored off Haycock Island in the Hinchinbrook Channel. Many people have mentioned we have to see the Hinchinbrook Channel and so here we are. As we cruised down the channel with our auto pilot steering us on a course, we headed for the bow of the boat…

I think we can put this years Christmas Lunch down as one of our best. We sat on Yanks jetty with our bon bons and crackers, shared an entree of crayfish, devoured turkey, pickled pork and roast lamb plus vegies with 7 sailing friends. Naturally, there was plenty of food, bubbles and laughter. The weather…

Cool Change – 50ft Riviera Today we are heading for Hazard Bay on Orpheus Island. I am writing this blog sitting in the rear cockpit of the boat whilst we are sailing along. Last night we stayed anchored off Palm Island near Barber Island. We had drinks, nibbles and a barbeque for dinner on ‘Cool…

At Juno Bay, we ventured ashore and walked amongst the ruins of a leper colony that was operational on the island until 1971. It was fascinating piecing together the roles of the old structures. The old remains showed there was a wash room of some kind, possibly a surgical treatment area, a canteen and an…

We had a fine day on the 21st of December, starting the celebration of Bron’s 40th with a champaign breakfast. The weather was picture perfect which meant it was hot and the best place to be was in the water. So, after breakfast (sometime around midday), we headed for the beach. We spent the afternoon…

When Dave and I set out on our adventure to travel and to live on our yacht we always thought yachting life was about planning, conserving and getting by. Today, however there is no feeling of doing with out. Dave and Lester fossicked around the reefs to produce the magic main course for tonights dinner…

It finally happened. Lester set up Bron’s rod for trolling and as soon as we set off for Eclipse Island the spoon was in the water. Later in the day, ‘zing’ went the rod. Bron took control of the rod and started the lengthy process of hauling in a catch. Dave slowed the boat to…

After a rush to get the last minute things organised on the boat on Saturday morning, we were finally heading for West Point on Magnetic Island at around 2pm. Shortly after anchoring we headed for the beach and spent the afternoon sitting in the water. A long period had passed and then we were joined…

Today represents the first day of summer and I believe it has definitely arrived here in Townsville. At 10 o’clock this morning our thermometer was on 32 degrees and with little or no wind to keep the humidity at bay we figured we were in for a hot day. Not surprisingly, Dave’s first task for…