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Bowen and Tully

Ariel arrived at the Bowen Marina on Monday the 9th August. We originally thought we would take a berth for a couple of days, but have since decided to take it for 1 month. Andrew, one of the owners here is a very obliging fellow and has the 65foot Offshore next to us. Bowen Marina [...]

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Fairwell to the Whitsundays

We spent a couple of days in Cid Harbour which is a safe anchorage and fairly protected.
The sun is finally out but the wind still persists. Saturday the wind was about 25 – 30 knots. Thursday I went for a hike to the peak of Whitsunday Island. The sign says 2 hours each way and [...]

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Playing tourguides in the Whitsunday Island

After some pretty ordinary days, weather wise, we made our way back to Airlie Beach to make the boat ready for our first visitors for this trip. Of course I was very excited because our visitors were daughter and partner (April and Michael). Shopping for supplies – you have to have goodies onboard for kids [...]

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Arrival at the Whitsunday’s

A short trip to Rosslyn Bay Marina on 1/7 of about 1 and ½ hours left us in the lap of luxury for about twelve days, i.e. power, water, showers and all the facilities of Yeppoon and Rockhampton. Met some interesting people as usual and made friends with Bill and Sue from the yacht Dreamtime, [...]

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Travelling in Ariel

In the past week we have come a long way from the last entry at Pancake Creek.  We left Pancake to travel through the” Narrows” which is a body of water between the main land and Curtis Island. They call it the narrows because that’s exactly what it is.  The sailing and motoring up these [...]

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