The Kingdom of Baikal

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Well, we have finally got our visas for Papua New Guinea so we’re free agents. We have gone back out to the islands of the whitsundsys, managing to do all the walks on South Molle, and the whitsunday peak walk (allow 4 – 5 hours) we did in just 1.5 hours! Our reward were spectacular […]

After stocking up with food at Airlie we sailed out to Whitehaven, managing to do all the walks the island has to offer, we headed for the long white beach. We made use of the kayaks and headed up Hills inlet, the northern end of the beach, clear water and lots of stingrays to be […]

Island Head Creek Twas Friday the thirteenth, arriving  at Island Head Creek didn’t go down without a  performance. Dudley was at the helm, the depth sounder read 60m, and it slowly decreased to 3.5m down down down to  0.0m. I was at the bow, looking out for these shallow patches,that’s how dirty the water is, […]

  We left Bundaberg on an early nippy morning bound for Pancake Creek, some 55miles north of Bundaberg. We had a fantastic sail as the wind was coming off the land (westerly) smooth seas Our mates on Captain Jacko hailed us on the vhf to tell us not to rush into the anchorage, another yacht […]

                          Leaving a calm safe anchorage on a high wind warning meant a fast passage across from Fraser Island. Top speed reaching 11.4knots, we flew along the 44nm to Burnett Heads, Bundaberg.   We spent about 3 weeks at Fraser, going on some […]

Doesn’t her bottom look sexy Well we have a come a fair way since Dunwich.Spent about a week in mooloolaba catching with my friend and   we decided Baikal’s bum needed cleaning and repainting so we took her out on the hardstand at Lawries in mooloolaba (sunshine coast), after 3 days of grotty filthy work […]