Departing Fraser Island we had strong southeasterly winds. We left Fraser around 8 am aiming for the Keppels. We played with the sails a little bit throughout the day, but by nighttime, we’d taken down our mainsail and just powered along with our genoa. The winds were that strong! Keppel Bay Marina We made it…
Wide Bay Bar Crossing WBB has a pretty gnarly reputation. Australians also call it the Mad Mile. This bar entrance has a lot of shifting sands and is completely open to the ocean, unlike Mooloolaba which had a headland. Timing the crossing is challenging. You need to meet these conditions: Enter in the morning or…
The anti-disclaimer: we didn’t get compensation in any way from The Boat Works. BUT, we did meet and talk to the owners and a lot of the key staff. We walked through the entire facility. We used a ton of amenities. Basically, we just think The Boat Works provides a great service to yachties and…
After our time in Lake Macquarie, David and I looked at the weather. We needed to be at The Boat Works by Feb 19th for our big boat project, and the winds were blowing the wrong direction – north – for us to get there. However, coming up we had a window of a few…
I have very bad news for you. Let me just get this painful part out of the way; I can not narrow down this trip for you. I can not give you highlights. Because every single place we went to on our trip for 6 weeks in Australia was AMAZING. Despite ending on a low note…
Public Transport to Rottnest There are several ferry services to get to Rottnest. We would have liked to book a ferry + bike combo, but they were sold out already. I bought us ferry-only tickets for the express ferry, leaving Fremantle B Shed at 10:15 am. We took the Transperth train from our lovely Airbnb…
I knew going into this trip that 6 weeks traveling around Australia was a lot of traveling to plan. I fully expected that something would go wrong. I just didn’t expect everything to go wrong in one week! Booking a Whale Shark Swim The first trouble was back when we were in Bondi. We’d just committed to…
David and I left the Red Centre and flew to Perth, where we were welcomed by friends and stayed out in Fremantle. We did get to the Fremantle Market and spent a morning walking along the foreshore and out the jetty. After two nights, it was time to get out to our next major destination…