Hamilton Island Marina

Hamilton Island Marina

Stock Up!! ... and a decent shower! Time to come in to a posh place for some provisions and of course, more grog. Seem to be drinking a little more than usual, but then again whose counting. Hamilton Island is an expensive holiday resort with some mega yachts. The...

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Cid Harbour

Cid Harbour

Cid Harbour has been the scene of three recent shark attacks in close succession causing the local council to ban swimming in the harbour. The locals have always known that Cid Harbour was a bad risk for swimming. The reason for the recent attacks are still undefined...

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Nara Inlet

Nara Inlet

After Happy Bay we spent a week anchored outside Airlie Beach using the dinghy to run errands. Laundry and shopping, getting ready for our guests from Vancouver. Don't want to see the inside of a shopping mall again, at least not for awhile. Guests arrived on time as...

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Happy Bay Long Island

Happy Bay Long Island

Stopped over in Happy Bay on Long Island outside another closed resort. We discovered that around the corner was Palm Bay with an OPEN  resort and we ventured over to use the store, but alas we were met at the beach landing by the resort patrol that wouldn't allow us...

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Club Med

Club Med

We stopped in at Boat Port anchorage on Lindeman Island as we had read there was some walks around the island. We found a trail that went through the middle of the island to the abandoned Club Med resort on the south-east side. It was like walking around a ghost town,...

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