Yes we are back on The Bossa, our home away from home. While it hasn’t exactly been a “sunny” Queensland with endless days of rain in the workyard and now a gale warning on the water, there is always much anticipation returning to our home on the water.
After two cancelled flights, we did manage to return to a rather cold Melbourne to celebrate our little Ava’s first birthday, and it was well worth the ‘detour’. First birthdays are special!
We call it ‘crossing the paddock’. This is the stretch of water between Great Keppel Island and the Whitsundays. There are limited mainland anchorages, pretty much island hops.
We have made the Whitsunday islands. Lots of photos in this post both from above and below. We are often greeted by a big blow when we reach the Whitsundays. Sure enough wind and heavy rain were forecast.
Yay!! We had a calm weather window in sight so we decided to sail north from the Whitsundays and spend these rare calm days out at the Great Barrier Reef, between the Whitsundays and Townsville.
Since our last visit to the outer reef we’ve visited Townsville and spent some relaxing time at Magnetic Island with friends. And, we’ve snuck out to the outer reef again!
I’m writing this blog post while anchored in Seventh Creek on Hinchinbrook Island and I’m listening to the pouring rain outside. It’s our fifth day here which is a long time to spend in the mangroves.
It had been three weeks since we’d seen a shop or laundry so after a quick visit to Townsville to reprovision and visit a laundry (3 weeks’ worth of washing is big), and some unexpected socialising with Lukim Yu and Pacific Dreams, we dropped by Maggie for our last stopover for this season. It had… Read More »
We’ve spent the last few weeks wandering around the Whitsunday islands, and enjoying the best weather! We’ve also had guests aboard for a week. They told us they ticked every box on the ‘brochure’ and I think maybe we just we nailed it … apart from the sailing box (no wind!). We’ve spent the last… Read More »
Family, friends, fix-its and of course, weather! This pretty much covers the last month … a whirlwind of emotions … the good, the bad and the ugly!
One of my favourite spots is Monkey Beach on Great Keppel Island. It’s a small bay and if you’re lucky you can tuck in close, right next to the small fringing reef.
We’ve visited Yellow Patch a few times over the years. It is a special place and it never disappoints even in 20+ knot howling winds and this time we had it all to ourselves!
There has to be a last snorkel so the Southern Reef is always on our list travelling south. Fortunately, the weather finally obliged for a visit out to Lady Musgrave.
We have returned to The Boatworks. It does seem to have been a long season this year. Perhaps that’s because we arrived in May and we’re leaving in late November. It has also been a challenging one too at times. But as always, it’s the good times we’ll remember!