Tag: Australia

1,000 MILES INSIDE THE BARRIER REEF

Track of Truce inside the Great Barrier Reef

Of course, the reality of cruising an area or coast is often different from the perceptions.  This was very true of my cruise inside the Barrier Reef.  I started the voyage in Gladstone, Queensland and finished the Barrier Reef section In Siasea, just around Cape York in the Gulf of Carpentaria, amazingly still in Queensland – Australia is a big place.

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ISLAND HOPPING WESTWARD

Truce at Anchor Lembata. Photo Ray Penson

I am still not too comfortable with this reef navigation stuff.  People tell me you need the sun at your back and someone up the mast or on the bow.  Well, I can’t arrange where the sun goes and being on the bow or up the mast when single handing is impracticable.

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FRUSTRATION AND WAITING

Vegetable Market, lovely but expensive. Photo Ray Penson

It has been a lovely weekend in the marina.  Lots of new friends to chat with and share a beer.  Some new friends know other friends so we have something in common.  As lovely as marina life can be it also slowly sucks the life out of you.  The good news is that Mickey has undergone surgery, been reinstalled and is ready to go again.

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