Sailing in Greece – the Perfect Family Holiday
“Can I steer please?” This is a popular saying over the course of our family holiday. That or “Can you pour me a G&T?” After all, there is…
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Boat Trailer Challenge
Whether on the slip ramp or on the road – anyone who is dependent on regularly hauling their…
Plague Ships
It was not just the Ruby Princess that allowed unchecked and infected passengers ashore, this has been happening for centuries.
The Spirit of Sailing and The Sea
A collection of interesting and evocative quotes compiled by David Salter Things are not so simple at…
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Intrastate Travel Opens up Australia Wide
June 5, 2020
At 3pm today Tasmania will join all other States and Territories by allowing intrastate travel and staying overnight…
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Montenegro removes quarantine for arriving yachts
June 5, 2020
Porto Montenegro confirmed that, with the fact Montenegro currently has 0 cases of COVID-19 and with no new cases in…
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Coastal flights to determine effects of wild weather on containers and debris
June 5, 2020
Aerial observation flights will be conducted today along the NSW coast on the look out for any new containers and…
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Goodbye to an old friend – origins of the outboard engine
June 4, 2020
The news this week that BRP Inc. has elected to exit the outboard engine business and discontinue building…
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Clarence River Adventure by Canoe
At the start of last year, I typed up my New Year’s resolutions, and mid way down the list wrote “To go on an ‘adventure’ of the 2004 – 2008…
Across the Pacific
In May 2019, Regan and Sandra Fleming took their 11-year-old son out of the classroom and into the ‘school of South Pacific life’ aboard their new Riviera 68…
The Great Barrier Reef
Australia’s world heritage jewel It’s about this time of year, that many boat owners dream of escaping the cold winter chills by heading north. This year QLD…
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The Boating Industry Association (BIA) welcomes the move by the NSW Government to permit intrastate travel and overnighting from 1 June.
BIA President Darren Vaux said: “NSW with this move will join with South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territory to enable people to travel and say overnight."
"From rivers, bays, lakes, estuaries, harbours and coastal
waters, NSW has a smorgasbord of fabulous waterways on which to enjoy all manner of boating from addle, power and sail.
More information: www.bia.org.au/community/covid-19
"From rivers, bays, lakes, estuaries, harbours and coastal waters, NSW has a smorgasbord of fabulous waterways on which to enjoy all manner of boating from addle, power and sail.” True, but what about your anchoring laws?
