I catch a nice Mahi Mahi. |
Writing another "letter in a bottle". I have
thrown more than 100 overboard so far |
The purple boat is owned by Lynne and Chris from South Africa |
Part of the town in Vanuatu |
...Pizza time... |
Departing Vanuatu for Australia - 19 August 2009 |
...Pancake time... |
Filleting a nice Wahoo I caught |
Just before arriving in Cairns after crossing
the Great Barrier Reef (5am 31 August 2009) |
Cairns appears ahead - the approach channel is 5 miles long! |
In Australia they call these fish Snoek... |
A pretty street in Cairns |
Open air buskers entertaining the Cairns visitors |
Public swimming pool in Cairns |
Detail of the art work |
The bar at the Cairns Yacht Club at Marlin Marina |
Mark does us a delicious chicken breast and hot salad |
Cairns has pianos like this one all over the city for any one to play |
Marlin Marina - the Club House is the big white building
and they have apartments for rent too |
Zephyr is dwarfed by the bigger boats |
The very neat setup at Marlin Marina - Cairns |
The river anchorage in Cairns |
Tourist boats outside Marlin Marina |
Up-market apartments overlooking the Cairns river |
Fish jerky (biltong) drying in the sun... |
...and some spicy pieces (looks like cat turds) |
A large ship passes us in the inner Great Barrier Reef
shipping lane |
Jim - a farmer boy from Kangaroo Island in southern Australia
He did not like sailing at all... |
32 knot winds, 9,8 knots boat speed in 13,5 meters of water
Shooting through the Torres Straits!!! |
The last island (Booby) as we exit Torres Straits |
The sun sets after coming through Torres Straits |
Mark and Jim eating tortillas for dinneer |
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