New marina for Moreton Bay?

THE State Government looks set to override Moreton Regional Council and approve a $628 million residential, marina, golf course and business precinct on the environmentally-sensitive Caboolture River that feeds a Moreton Bay green zone.
And Mayor Allan Sutherland is furious.
At tomorrow’s council meeting he will table a letter from Planning Minister Stirling Hinchliffe who has effectively taken [...]

Australian Marinas Guide the definitive directory

Launched in 2008, the Australian Marinas Guide is the only definitive guide to Australian Marinas. It’s a complete directory for boaties who need to know where all the marinas are located, with even a few safe harbours included where conventional marinas don’t exist.
But it’s also a comprehensive waterfront guide with plenty of information for trip [...]

Whitsundays Bareboating

Newly imported into Australia for Whitsunday Rent a Yacht’s bareboat fleet, the Highland 35 is a trawler style catamaran perfectly suited for bareboating. It packs far more room into a 35 footer than expected, with a spacious flybridge and downstairs saloon and aft deck easily capable of accommodating the whole crew comfortably.

While not the prettiest [...]

Learning the lingo in the Trobriand Islands (PNG)

Kilivila, the language spoken by the people of the far-flung Trobriand Islands in eastern Papua New Guinea, is broken up into 12 language families. Some estimates note that as few as 200 people speak the Budibud dialect in the Lachland Islands, making it fairly certain that before visiting the remote islands of the archipelago often [...]

Marina Profile: Keppel Bay Marina QLD (AU)

Keppel Bay Marina at Rosslyn Bay on the Capricorn Coast in Queensland is located just 10nm from the cruising grounds of the Keppel Islands. In fact there’s scores of islands within easy reach of Keppel Bay Marina. To the southeast lay Fraser Island and the Great Barrier Reef Islands of Lady Musgrave and Lady Elliot. [...]