Home Again

We have said a sad goodbye to "Meridien" in Bundaberg and are now back home in Melbourne - trying to get used to the cold weather.  We'll go back up to Queensland after Christmas and sail the boat down to Brisbane, where she will be based for the next few years.  The sailing over the last four and a half months has been the best, the islands beautiful and the weather lovely and warm but it has been the people we've met on our journey that has made the trip so great.  We have some wonderful memories and made some really good friends along the way.  Thanks for your interest in our trip and we'll see you on our next venture.  John and Kaye

Bundaberg

We arrived at Bundaberg last week and will leave the boat here until the end of the year. We expect to be back in Melbourne next week.

Leaving Yeppoon at last

We have been in the marina at Yeppoon for over a week in very bad weather. The wind has been gale force with rain and heavy cloud. Hopefully today we will be able to move as there is a short weather window to move south. We are planning to leave on today's high tide and travel overnight to Bundaberg. All the yachts on the east coast of Queensland have also been held up with this bad weather.

Departed Whitsunday Islands

We left Hamilton Island on Monday morning for Brampton Island.  On Tuesday morning we left Brampton at 4.00 am for the Percy Islands, however, at 6pm that day we decided to push on to Great Keppel Island. We expect to arrive at Keppel Wednesday early afternoon. Strong southerly winds are forecast on Friday so we will be stopped again for a few days waiting for a moderation.

Whitsundays

We have arrived back at the Whitsundays. We will wait here until the winds become favourable again before heading further south. While we are here we are going to spend a few days at the Hamilton Island Marina.

Cape Upstart Again

We left Magnetic Island yesterday for Cape Upstart, however, the wind was right on the nose and we were forced to anchor at Cape Bowling Green which is not the image the name presents. It is a long sand spit only metres above sea level which gives good south east protection. Although it wasn't the ideal anchorage it was very welcome as it was a long tiring day.

We left CBG this morning in better conditions and have now arrived at Cape Upstart - 60 nautical miles north of the Whitsundays. As you can see we are now heading south.

Magnetic Island

Moved across from Townsville Marina to Nelly Bay, Magnetic Island. The marina is part of Peppers Resort and we are able to use the full facilities including pools and restaurants.