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.
1770 to Bundaberg
Managed to get out at 7am, about 2 hours after low tide, following several fishos heading offshore in their tinnies.
Light wind from the north, only about 6 knots made for slow progress at first. Later in the morning, we got tidal assistance and a freshening breeze saw us achieving an average 7 knots. This helped get the trip time down to 9 hours, and is the longest leg of the journey.
To say we've seen some marine wildlife would be an understatement, but today we were treated to a pod of 6 dolphins playing around the boat while we were doing 7 to 8 knots, they were swimming alongside, less than 1 metre away, then diving underneath the boat, surfacing up between the hulls, then going round behind us and sticking their heads above water looking at us in the cockpit with their heads about a foot off the rear stairs. You cannot imagine better than this at any SeaWorld show.
Next, Dianne spotted a flying fish, flying above the water.....damn, the skipper missed that one!
Well, we have ended up at Bundaberg Marina for the next two nights, now getting so close to home, we have mixed emotions. Looks like we will be back in Poona in the next week or so.
Picture shows a portion of a packed marina with the "no vacancy" sign out!
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