Left Sudbury after a swim. Was a really nice sail home with 10 to 15 on the beam. Flew back. Super lucky to have the Great Barrier Reef as my back yard!

Overnight trip from Cairns out to Sudbury Sand Cay. Wind was on the nose the whole way, so we motored for a while. Snorkelling straight off the boat, and will go for a morning spear fish to see if we can take some fish home. Top spot and beautiful reef around the Cay. Prefect overnighter

On our way back. Ended up having to motor home because we left Low Islets late. Wind was on the nose the whole way! Caught a couple of fish, and enjoyed the spectacular North Queensland view.

Just a quick overnight trip up the coast! Had a really nice sail and even flew our spinnaker for the first time. It has taken us a while to get the spinnaker up. Just through not really knowing what to do. Did some research, and today, we got it flying! And it was awesome. Wish I had done it sooner!

Headed out for a quick overnighter from Cairns. As always the weather prediction was a fair way off. Once we got out to the island, the anchorage looked a little too rolly! Luckily we just turned around and headed back. Turned out to be a great little Sunday sail!

Last little bit to get us all home. Feels good to have our boat in Cairns. Now, the real adventures can begin. Had a great little sail from Fitzroy Island to the Knob. Went snorkelling, and it was really good along the rocks to Nudey Beach! Way better than I expected and its right off the beach. Well worth the stop and so close to home. This brings our adventure North to an end. But we have so much exploring to do yet!

Today, we had another long motor sail from Dunk Island to Fitzroy Island. The wind filled in, in the afternoon and allowed to get a little bit of sailing in. Which was nice after a couple of days of motoring. Fitzroy Island is a beautiful spot. Grabbed a free mooring ball and can see the bottom in 9m of water. It was also nice to grab a burger from Foxys Bar for dinner. Well worth the stop.

Took a couple of days to get from Magnetic Island to Dunk Island in Far North Queensland. We had very light conditions which had meant a lot of motoring, which is not ideal but sometimes a necessary evil. After leaving Maggie, we headed to the Palm Group and stopped off Orepheus Island. Caught a great Spanish Mackeral off the island just before we grabbed a mooring ball. We had a mixture of wind v tide here, which ended up with the mooring ball somehow ending up wedged between the hull and prop shaft. Not wrapped, at least. It was not the best job in the early morning in crocodile country. We had another day of light condition to Dunk Island. This is a really great spot to anchor, and they are opening a new food and beverage venue very soon. It is just getting the finishing touches as we were there. Highly recommend!

Well, once again the weather forecast was way off. 10kts predicted. However, up until the last 2 hours, I think the strongest gust we had was about 5kts. Anyway, a day of motoring got us to Magnetic Island for a break before we keep heading North. Well and truely in the tropics now and love it!

Another few miles ticked off today! Was a pretty tough sail with testing conditions. Forecast has been very wrong lately! Anyway, we will stop here for the night before a bigger 70Nm sail tomorrow to get to Magnetic Island for a break!

Departed Airlie Beach and made our way to Bona Bay. Once again, the coast line is spectacular. And the water is a beautiful blue. Good wind meant we had a good sail even if we went a bit slower. Looking forward to exploring this area.

Middle Percy Island to Whitehaven Beach. Started out slowly with light afternoon winds! However, once the sunset, we got a nice 10 to 15kts all night and flew along. Even managed close to 8kts there for a bit. It is wonderful being able to pull up at iconic spots in your own boat.

Well after a week of being trapped in the marina due to marine wind warnings. Today we motored all day, because there was bugger all to no wind! All good though because we made it to the Percy Island Yacht Club and we couldn't be happier! This is what we bought a boat for and this is just the beginning!

Wind has finally dropped off enough that we are able to keep heading North. Still a bit of swell, but we made good time to get to Pearl Bay. What a cracking spot! This will be going on my list as a future spot to stop!.

Well what a big couple of days. Fraser Island to Keppel Bay Marina with a stop at 1770 to visit some friends. 1770 was rather difficult in a monohull. No much information on the entry and told by locals, 'to just wing it through the bar, and work it out'. I would stay at Yellow Patch in future. Anyway good couple of overnight sails. Now time for some sleep and good food!

Weather is heaps better today! So we took the opportunity to get across the Wide Bay Bar. No dramas at all. Now anchored up ready for an evening at Gary's!.

And we are off! Headed back to Cairns finally. Got out of the marina and headed north!