Our friends Eduardo and Liliana came all the way from Argentina to sail with us. They've been with us in the Caribbean and the Pacific and this was the first time in Australia. They are quite familiar with life on board, it was great to have them back.
They arrived in Townsville and after a day visiting koalas and kangaroos in Billabong Sanctuary Park we set sail towards the north. The plan was get to Cairns stopping along the way. This is a fantastic area and there are many reefs to explore not far from the continent. We stopped at Orpheus, Otter Reef, Dunk Island, Russell Island and Upolo Reef arriving at Cairns in time for our friends to take their flight to visit Sydney before returning home.
Soon after our friends left came our son with the grandkids and we spent a nice week between sea and land activities with the kids.
Once everyone left we decided it was time to start heading back south, slowly, towards the Gold Coast for the summer.
G.
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