by Mad Crew | Jul 18, 2019 | Fraser Island, Queensland Coast |
Arrived back in Brisbane and spent a few days provisioning and running errands. Making sure that MAD was up to the new adventure. Marine mechanics had a month to do a service on the engine while we were in Vancouver, but noooo, they decided that they would...
by Mad Crew | Jun 6, 2019 | Australia, Queensland Coast |
Left Pancake Creek in the morning to start heading back to Brisbane. We wanted to be back by the 5th as we knew we needed a couple of days to organise the boat before catching our flight to Vancouver on the 8th morning. Made an overnight stop at Bundaberg...
by Mad Crew | May 28, 2019 | Australia, Queensland Coast |
Dinghy fixed and off to Great Keppel Island for a couple of days. Awesome beach walk and trying to fish up the estuary. Caught a little aquarium fish that went back in, but beautiful clear waters and a little chilly. First night we spent at GK and then moved...
by Mad Crew | May 28, 2019 | Australia, Boat Maintenance, Queensland Coast |
We set off to Keppel Bay Marina to get our new propeller for the dinghy at 6am (first light). Rockhampton was the only place that had a suitable propeller and it is only 35 min drive to Keppel Bay Marina. We knew it was going to be a 65NM trip and can be...
by Mad Crew | May 22, 2019 | Australia, Queensland Coast |
Good sail up the coast from Bundeberg to Pancake Creek. Wind was behind us the whole way and blowing 15 – 20 knots. Only had a little bit of headsail out and managing 6 knots. Made it here in plenty of daylight to anchor. Stayed on the outside of the...
by Jacqui | May 9, 2019 | Australia, Fraser Island, Queensland Coast |
My turn here goes…….. Navigated the shallows of Boonlye point at high tide and finally after the third transit I was calm for a change (Noel is always calm) even though we had caught up to the 110 boats taking part in the race we saw yesterday, a...
