Diving:
Exploring our underwater world amongst Coral reefs is always a thrill. I love it all: snorkelling, free diving, hookah, and scuba diving. Here's a little about how we dive safely from our vessel without backup support.
Magdelaine Cays –Coral Sea –posted August 2016
Magdelaine Cays are a pristine, untouched wilderness. We soaked it all up during 12 days of sensational exploring. Magdelaine North turtle graveyard. We arrived in early December 2013 and carefully picked our way thru shallow coral heads to a well-protected anchorage about 300m behind a strip of smooth sand. It looked peaceful, but on landing,…
Willis Islets — Coral Sea — posted June 2016
Willis Islets — South Willis Island weather station We dropped anchor behind a small coral islet with a strange looking building perched on the top of its six-metre high peak. I thought it would feel weird seeing civilisation out here, but every map of the coral sea shows the Willis Island manned weather station,…
Coringa Islets — Coral Sea–posted June 2016
Coringa Islets are comprised of Chillcott and South West Islets and are part of the large nature reserve(green zone) that also take in the Heralds and Magdelaine Cays. They are 50nm east from the Heralds Cays, 70nm west from the Diamonds islets, 45 nm south from Willis and the Magdelaine Cays. It feels like nowhere…
Herald cays — Coral Sea — 2013 – 2022
Herald Cays The Herald Cays is a 200nm cruise eastward into the Coral Sea from Townsville and Cairns and a nature paradise. Travelling at eight knots from Townsville, we reached them with nightly stopovers at Myrmidon and Flinders Reefs. No need for night…
Alone on the Great Barrier Reef – Cruise/dive Townsville -posted May 2016
An occasional solo trip gave me the taste for alone time in the middle of nowhere. But as I stood on the back step of Flash Dancer kitted up with scuba gear and stared out at the stormy sky and the black deserted ocean I wondered…
Osprey Reef Coral Sea — posted May 2016
Our 2015 spring cruise second leg was a 100nm night cruise from Bougainville Reef to Osprey Reef. Dive charters have put Osprey Reef in the spotlight, especially the North Horn dive site with its famous shark-feeding spectacle. We were more interested in the large lagoon, though, and planned to make it our home base for…
Bougainville Reef Coral Sea — posted May 2016
On our 2015 spring cruise from Cairns to Cape York, we took in a slight detour to several nearby Coral Sea atolls, beginning at Bougainville Reef. We waited for a good- weather window before heading 215km north- east of Cairns to a speck on our chart. Bougainville Reef is a 4km-long, oval atoll formed thousands…
Flinders Reefs Coral Sea — posted April 2016
To view any of our other stories from cruising the coral sea click o the below Flinders Reefs Flinders reefs may be in the Coral Sea but are still easily reached by most cruising vessels. Seventy nautical miles North East of Townsville gets you to a…
Buoy Moorings Townsville to Lizard Island — updated 2022
Using buoy moorings Townsville to Lizard Island.Prevent coral damage—improve safety—access diving & snorkelling hot spots near population centres. When cruising FNQ, everybody wants to spend some time in the water—on the reef. Whether it’s scuba, hookah, free diving, or snorkelling, we all love to experience that unique outer reef world close-up. The biggest impediment is…
Reaching the end of The Great Barrier Reef — Bramble cay — posted March 2016
In 2011 a dream came true–I reached the very top end of the Great Barrier Reef. Here is my account which first appeared in “Club Marine Magazine”. As a young man, I had visited the ‘start’ of the Great Barrier Reef at its southern tip at Lady Elliot Island. My curiosity was awakened, and a…
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