Adventures of Tropicali
| Vessel Name: | Tropicali |
| Vessel Make/Model: | DEW 33 |
| Hailing Port: | Tin Can Bay |
| Crew: | Stuart Pryor and Dianne Pryor |
| About: | From Poona, Queensland they go to sea. There is nothing half so much worth doing as simply messing around in boats |
15 October 2017
The last post...☹️☹️☹️
They say all good things come to an end, and after 105 days of our first venture north on Tropicali, we are now back in Tin Can Bay wondering where the last few months have gone and how the trip has affected us.
12 October 2017
Home waters again !
Over the last two days, we have milked the continuing run of northerlies from Bundaberg to our home port of Tin Can Bay. We have been incredibly lucky to have ridden this northerly flow from the Whitsundays all the way home over a two week run.
09 October 2017
1770 to Bundaberg
Just love 1770, it's on the must do again list. Yes, it's shallow, but it is a pretty place to sit in Round Hill Creek, especially at night. No wonder Captain Cook took the Endeavour in there. It must have been a LOT deeper in 1770!
08 October 2017
Day 100 - Town of 1770
Hard to believe, but it is 100 days since we left Poona, and sadly, we are rapidly heading back home, with a stop in Bundaberg likely for the next two days.
06 October 2017
Back through the Narrows again
It seems like only 2 weeks ago we were travelling north through the Narrows, but as we are now at day 98 of the trip, I guess it was quite some time ago.
04 October 2017
Back to sea again
After having Tropicali at Rosslyn Bay Harbour for 9 days, 4 of which were while we travelled to Sydney to farewell son Chris off to the UK, and 2 more waiting for the soggy weather to clear, we made a break today for Great Keppel.
Cid Harbour
First off, we decided to go to Cid Harbour on the biggest island, Whitsunday Island. It is reputed the Americans used it to gather their forces for the battle of the coral sea, however, these days it is just a pristine harbour for cruising boats to explore, including the point where you can walk 2.5 km in a seemingly vertical climb to the top of Whitsunday peak. Now having climbed Uluru (or Ayers Rock as I call it) this is another of those iconic climbs with a superb view to be ticked off one's bucket list.
Having partied with friends aboard the night before, a hangover seemed the perfect excuse to attempt the climb. The usual warnings about being fit, allowing 4 hours, taking water, avoiding snakes crocodiles etc were on the notice board, but after a bit of male chest beating, we headed upwards through the rain forest. The first part.....difficult, the middle bit, tiring but ok......the final ascent, brutal. Sherpa Tensing Norgay and Edmund Hillary would have been proud of the way we pressed on, with the final bit seeing us stop for breath every 15 steps or so. But we'd come too far to turn back and despite being overtaken by a tour group of y gens, we were not about to give in to mere old age.
The result was ultimately well worth it, wth views that a camera cannot reproduce. The pic is of the south view, with my bride in the foreground and Hamilton and Dent islands behind. The view the other way, just as stunning. 437m above sea level, gravity would take care of the descent, all we had to do was stay upright.
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