Lady Musgrave Reef
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by rich clement
4y ago
We were stuck in Bundaberg for a week as the trade winds hammered the coast of south east Queensland. Bundaberg isn’t a bad place to pass a few days – we looked around the Hinkler Museum, the Botanic Gardens and visited local markets etc as well as antifouling and polishing Vega.  The Hinkler museum is ..read more
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Coastal NSW – National Parks
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by rich clement
4y ago
Kuringai Chase National Park This is our home turf, so we know it well. It’s only 45 mins from Sydney CBD, but it feels like another world. Lush, dense bush hangs off the surrounding hills and cascades down to the water, ocassionally punctuated by rock escarpments, waterfalls and pristine sandy beaches. I think the best ..read more
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Fantastic Fitzroy Reef
a yacht more to life | a family sailing blog
by rich clement
4y ago
We left Lady Musgrave at 9am, dodging rain squalls. It was grey and wet and I think we  all secretly wanted to stay down below where it was warm, rather than be on deck getting cold as we motored through the wind and rain towards the lagoon channel. But we needed all hands on deck ..read more
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The Great Sandy Straits
a yacht more to life | a family sailing blog
by rich clement
4y ago
The Great Sandy Straits are an epic body of water separating the world heritage site of Fraser island with the Queensland coast. The area is a complex landscape of mangroves, sandbanks, mud islands, salt marshes and ecologically important seagrass beds. The whole area is packed full of wildlife including prolific birdlife, fish galore, sharks, crocs, whales and ..read more
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Blue Carbon Eco Systems
a yacht more to life | a family sailing blog
by rich clement
4y ago
European countries are big on protecting their seagrass eco systems.  Sailing all through the Mediterranean i had never taken the time to understand why we shouldn’t anchor areas of seagrass or in anyway damage seagrass. On our recent cruise north to Queensland then penny finally dropped, and  i learnt why its so important to preserve ..read more
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