Sailing the Whitsundays – Mackay to Hamilton Is
We launched Sandpiper in Mackay Harbour, an excellent facility. Arrangements had been made with the Mackay Marine Tourist Park to take care of the car and…
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Kilcoy, Ballina, Gold Coast, Brisbane
Once our sail of the Great Sandy Straits and Fraser Island was finished, we had a week and a half before we were due to fly…
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The Great Sandy Straits
We launched Sandpiper at Crab Creek near Tin Can Bay on Friday 1 August, the first time back on the water since Jervis Bay back in…
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Relocating to Somewhere Warmer
We flew back into Sydney from Perth and drove through the early evening and night south to Shellharbour, where we had left Sandpiper. The drive was…
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Shellharbour – Wollongong – Sydney
15-18 June Shellharbour NSW We spent a few days exploring the Illawarra Region, which encompasses Wollongong, Shellharbour, Kiama and a host of other smaller places. The…
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Canberra and Jervis Bay
7 & 8 June – Bairnsdale to Canberra After a couple of days in Bairnsdale, mostly spent cleaning the boat and doing a few minor bits…
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The Gippsland lakes
28 May – 5 June – Gippsland Lakes From Sale we drove the 100km or so to Paynesville, via Hwy 1 and Bairnsdale. Paynesville if a…
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The Murray River to Sale (Vic)
19-22 May Waikerie (SA) to Sale (Vic) We faced a 1000km drive into Victoria and through Melbourne to East Gippsland to access the much talked about…
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The Murray River – Riverlands
The video of our Murray River trip can be seen here http://youtu.be/rq77qnXywNE We launched Sandpiper on Tuesday 13 May upstream of Lock 1, giving us only one…
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Back to Sandpiper
Back to Port Lincoln and On to the Murray (4-10 May 2014) We packed the car and made the long drive back to join Sandpiper in…