Townsville 1 August 2006

What a beautiful time of the year it is here in the tropics! While winter rages down south, we have sunny days with blue skies and SE Trade winds blowing at 15 - 20 knots over the sparkling waters of the bay. Many yachts drop in to our marina, some just cruising the Barrier Reef, others on their way to faraway ports, so it is a busy and social time for us. Illywhacker is ready to go ... somewhere. We are determined to cast off our lines as often as we can despite the constraints of 3 weekly hospital visits for Lyndall. At least we are able to cruise easily to nearby islands and reefs and drop anchor for a few days. It seems rather ordinary cruising to us as we live here, but other yachts travel halfway around the world to experience the Great Barrier Reef - so we resolve to be more apprecaitive of our own backyard and to include more photos and stories of our present cruising life on this site. We hope you like the revamped site layout - there is much more to be done. If you find yourself lost when navigating through the pages, just click on illywhacker to find your way home.