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A week in Port Douglas

Well nothing much has happened this week with the strong wind warnings and rough seas, we are going to Low island again on Monday 10th then into the Daintree for a look. As you stay in a place you get to know the finer things that happen around town, for instance the marina has a sidewalk...

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Nightmoves on May 8, 2010 from Port Douglas, Australia

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Port Douglas to Low Islands and back again.

Murfeys Law lives again !!!! After a pleasant night anchored in the entrance of Port Douglas we decide to go to Low Islands for the next part of our trip, from Low islands the pearls of the barreir reef are more accessable. As we started to move off our anchorage we picked up a submerged...

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Nightmoves on May 2, 2010 from Port Douglas, Australia

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Cairns to Port Douglas Via Double Island.

After 3 days in Cairns waiting for the strong wind warnings to go away we are ready to leave again, while we were in Cairns it was great, this town is a boaties dream, the marina is in the centre of town and there must be a zillion eateries to try. Everything is so close, the night markets are...

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Nightmoves on April 30, 2010 from Port Douglas, Australia

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Mouralyan Harbour to Cairns via Fitzroy and Green Island

The weather is still crap but it's time to move on, we stick our nose out of the harbour to see how the sea is and surprisingly it's not too bad so off we go. Fitzroy Island is some 30 miles away and Tess is still a bit fragile so post haste is on the cards, after 5 hours of motor sailing we...

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Nightmoves on April 26, 2010 from Cairns, Australia

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eine lange outback-fahrt

um dann gaaanz schnell wieder nach hervey bay zu kommen, sidn wir ueber den plenty highway von Alice Springs aus nach osten absolut durchs outback gefahren. eine ganz gute dirt-road, mit jede mege kuehen voegeln auf der strasse. wir haben die ganze zeit damit gerechnet, dass uns ein reifen...

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Alex & Magda on April 24, 2010 from Boulia, Australia

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joa

Man hoert immer ueberall dass - egal wieviele bilder man schon von ihm gesehen hat - der Anblick vor Ort doch etwas ganz und total beeindruckend ist. Das fanden wir auch =) Trotzdem etwas aergerlich dass man "nur fuer den rock" so weit fahren muss. Erstma nach Alice Springs und...

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Alex & Magda on April 23, 2010 from Uluru (Ayers Rock), Australia

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Hinchinbrook to Mourilyan Harbour via Dunk Island,

Upon arriving at Little Pioneer Bay we picked up a Marine Park Mooring and attached was a notice that pest control was taking place (Shooting wild goats from a helicopter) in the area so don't stay here, well that was never going to happen I rang the number on the notice expecting a...

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Nightmoves on April 22, 2010 from Cardwell, Australia

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THE FIRST SHAKEDOWN

2 days of travelling completed but not without a few things going wrong, we left Townsville at 9.00am heading for Rattlesnake Island which is only 18 Nautical miles, Upon recieving the weather forcast earlier that day once we were halfway out Coastguard gave out a strong wind warning for the...

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Nightmoves on April 19, 2010 from Townsville, Australia

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Schoene Falls, viele Menschen

Nach der Touristenfreien Gibb River Road und dem relativ leeren Kakadu NP sind wir dann in den vollgestopften Litchfield NP gefahren. Das war so scheisse dass wir kaum Fotos genmacht haben.

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Alex & Magda on April 18, 2010 from Litchfield National Park, Australia

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beherrscht von krokodilen

Hier gings dann richtig los mit den Saltwater Crocodiles. Man darf hier in keinem Wasserkoerper schwimmen weil man nie wissen kann ob da Crocs drin sind oder nicht. In der Wet-Season wird der ganze Bereich naemlich ueberflutet und die Fetten Krokodile verteilen sich durch den ganzen...

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Alex & Magda on April 15, 2010 from Kakadu National Park, Australia

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