Cape Jaffa Anchorage marina was today awarded with Level 4 Clean Marina status – one of only three marinas in the nation to receive this accreditation. The accreditation was presented to Cape Jaffa Anchorage by Minister for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure – The Hon Patrick Conlon at a ceremony attended by guests and dignitaries at [...]

With marina expansion well underway at Moreton Bay Trailer Boat Club in Brisbane’s waterside suburb or Manly, the club has heavily discounted a few select marina berths. Suitable for both monohulls and multihulls, berth sizes range from 12m through to 16m, some berths have been reduced an incredible $76,360.
But you will need to get in [...]

Arriving at Hobart’s Constitution Dock after dusk, when the waterfront pubs and restaurants are hitting their peak, I gratefully shed my wet-weather gear after seven days at sea. Feeling somewhat salt-encrusted and wobbly-legged I slip into shoreside clobber and head straight for a much-anticipated visit to a Hobart icon, the Henry Jones Art Hotel. I’m [...]

Meandering down a dark heavily graffitied laneway I fall behind the others. Drawn to the ugly, but somehow beautiful paintings, I pause to grudgingly admire these artworks covering the brick walls. Stumbling a little on the cobblestones underfoot to catch up, our group is waiting outside an unmarked doorway. A warm inviting rectangle of light [...]

Amongst the large crowd gathered, baby carriages, children and families jostle for space: the well heeled and the not so affluent all mingling excitedly at the gangplank prior to boarding RMS Titanic. Soon we’ll separate, with first class passengers ascending the Grand Staircase to their spacious, light filled cabins, while others like myself travelling third [...]

There’s been quite a bit happening at Meridien Marina Horizon Shores on the Gold Coast recently. Here’s a roundup of recent news.
Horizon Shores Boat Club
The Horizon Shores Boat Club was recently formed, with all marina users encouraged to participate in what will be a fantastic addition to the community of Horizon Shores. Contact Phil Cleveland [...]

Ideally located, Meridien Marina Port Douglas is North Queensland’s nautical gateway to the Great Barrier Reef.
Just released is the rare opportunity to secure the only waterfront apartments in Port Douglas. Meridien Marina invites interested parties to Register your Interest in designer 1, 2 and 3 bedroom absolute waterfront apartments with panoramic views.
Meridien Marina Mirage Port [...]

Boat owners in Adelaide are hardly spoilt for choice when it comes to berthing their boats. Buffeted by south westerlies that roll in from the Southern Ocean, protected small boat harbours with all weather access are much favoured. So it comes as no surprise that berths at the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron, at the [...]

Empire Marina Bobbin Head has been awarded the highest rating of 5 Gold Anchors under the Marina Industries Association of Australia International Rating System.
One of only two marinas in Australia to have been rated 5 Gold Anchors under this scheme; Empire Marina is no stranger to awards. In 2009, the 200 berth marina, located in [...]

Following on from the $50 million development at the adjacent Marina Mirage waterfront shopping and dining precinct, the state of the art redevelopment of Marina Oceanus at Marina Mirage will reinforce the marinas’ iconic status as the premier luxury motor and sailing yacht facility in Australia for over 20 years. Accommodating [...]

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 [...]

There is one sure way to avoid the ever-increasing crowds at your favourite tropical anchorages. Avoid the annual flotilla to the northern tropics and head south into the high latitudes instead. You can’t get much further south than Bruny Island without needing a passport. Here you will find the kind of uncrowded anchorages that northern [...]

Stepping from the air conditioned terminal into the humidity laden chaos of Phuket International Airport, I anxiously peer through the throng of arriving travellers and their greeters. I’m searching for someone holding a board with my name on it, but it’s hard to distinguish one placard from another, which are all bobbing up and down [...]

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. [...]

Sailing into Darwin, which must surely be Australia’s most remote city, encompasses all the challenges, lowlights and highlights generated from the necessarily lengthy sea voyage.  Cruising through some of the most isolated, sparsely populated coast in the country calls for an enthusiastic landfall celebration, with Darwin being approximately 2600 nautical miles from Fremantle and over [...]