13-20 April 2025
Finally great weather with low winds, sheltered waters and sunny days!
Brisbane by train
On the 15th we took the train into Brisbane, a 40 minute ride which only costs 50 cent per person – good encouragement to use public transport by the QLD government! We walked through the CBD on the north side of the river and then crossed the river and walked along the Southbank. Niclas used to work here a lot when contracting for ABC, so a few memories along the way. In the evening we had dinner with our Swedish and Finish sailing friends at an Italian place which was owned by Micke and Annika’s daughter Mikaela.
Daytrip to Peel Island
On the Thursday 17th, Ellen Lindahl came for a visit and we did a daytrip from the marina to Peel Island, where we anchored in Horseshoe Bay.
The Big Sandhills at Moreton Island
We left East Coast marina on the 18th and had a slow, but very nice sail to Moreton Island where we anchored by the Big Sandhills. The water was glorious and we did some snorkeling and just enjoyed the place. The morning after we took the dinghy ashore to do the hike up the sand hills.
We thought the Sandhills were fantastic and well worth a visit. In the afternoon we did a lot of snorkeling and hull cleaning in the shallow crystal clear waters. We saw Starfish, Rays, Turtles, Dolphins and the above mentioned Shovel Nose shark.
The day after we left for the Tangalooma wrecks where there’s a big resort which was absolutely crowded as it was Easter holidays. Outside was a big cruise ship anchored, which kept shipping passengers back and forth using the large orange rescue boats. For us it was just too many boats and people to do snorkeling at the wrecks, so we had a beautiful Easter Sunday lunch instead and later moved a couple of miles south for the evening.
Sofia Sandström
21 April 2025 at 4:31 pmVad härligt ni har och vad kul att se🤗
Sofia Sandström
21 April 2025 at 4:31 pmVilka härliga äventyr🤗
Vera westling
22 April 2025 at 12:25 amTack för alla fantastiska bilder
Glynne
17 May 2025 at 9:18 amThank you for your ongoing blog.Great to read your blog and reminisce. Glad all going well and that you have met so many interesting people, including more Swedes. What a coincidence!
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22 August 2025 at 7:17 pmit’s amazing how many nice people you meet with interesting stories to tell!
Thanks for reading and commenting on the blog
Gillian Attersall
17 May 2025 at 9:26 amLoved the video of sandunes. Gosh it takes us back and makes us have itchy feet. Terrific to see the fun you two are having but Nich sounds rather out of breath – more sandune work to be done !
nwestling@gmail.com
22 August 2025 at 7:16 pmyes, definitely need to work out more – we were both out of breath after climbing those sand hills!