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.
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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 [...]
Stepping gingerly into the long-tail boat, our heavy tread rocking the boat alarmingly, two young children in the stern peer curiously through long- lashed eyes. Offering them my best wide-mouthed, friendly grin, they respond with bashful smiles. Gesticulating to their mother, who has now cranked up the enormous diesel engine and is manoeuvring through other [...]
Planning a short escape from Australia, my initial dilemma is not deciding where to go, as I’ve already decided on Asia. My real dilemma is one of tantalising my taste buds, but which ones to satisfy? Sweet, nutty Indonesian char grilled chicken satays, or aromatic, hot and sour Thai laksa? Perhaps spicy Singapore noodles or [...]
NSW Maritime has launched the Vessel Navigation Interactive Guide, a new online tool
to assist boaters to expand and reinforce their knowledge about navigation and the boating rules of the road. It’s the perfect accompaniement to the Australian Marinas Guide which shows NSW boaties the exact locations of every marina in the state.
Adapted from the [...]
Final moves are underway to quash a $100 million marina development on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula.
The Stansbury Marina project was rejected by the SA Government two months ago.
The development was granted major project status in 2007 but Planning Minister Paul Holloway gave the proposal an “early no” last November, saying the developer did not properly [...]
Achieving a significant milestone on her round the world voyage, Jessica Watson rounded Cape Horn yesterday. I caught up with 16 year old Jessica on her approach to conquering the sailors Mount Everest. I’m intrigued as to her motivation and where she gets her confidence from, and just how one so young copes with the [...]
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