Tropical Queensland
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1. The Lagoon – is situated on the waterfront in Cairns. There’s a big pool with a beach, free showers (a great facility for grotty yachties) and it’s patrolled by lifeguards. There are free water-zumba classes (Angus is very excited about that🤣) an outdoor gym and fantastic free BBQ facilities. It’s a bit chaotic in…
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We took advantage of a couple of days in Townsville to do some jobs. The servicing of the engine being the priority. Innocenti was perched on the edge of the channel in the “Duck Pond” with our keel stuck in the mud at low tide (at least that stopped the rolling) where we changed the…
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On Monday the 5th of June, at Mackay Marina, Australian Border Force came and woke us up to officially clear us into Australia. This all happened while I was appropriately attired in pyjamas and they wore their great big hob-nailed boots…this made me twitch with them stomping on our beautiful timber cabin sole! The quarantine…