I just got back from a couple of days sailing around the Sir Joseph Banks Group of islands in South Australia.
It's a magical place and I could have easily spent a week there. It must surely be one of the most under-rated cruising grounds in Australia.
Full write up with photos:
blog.arribasail.com/2014/03/cruise-sir-joseph-banks-group.html
You certainly covered some ground in just a couple of days. Great write up and terrific photos.
You are lucky to have such a good cruising grounds so close to home. No infrastructure!! How good is that??
The Whitsundays are somewhat jaded these days where to be the only yacht in an anchorage is a rarity. Airlie Beach is overrun with backpackers who just take,take,take and give nothing back.
However the Whitsundays fortunately is only a small part of what the Queensland coast has to offer. The Great Sandy Straits, the Keppel Group, Percy Group, Orpheous and Dunk Group, just to name a few are far better places to cruise and do have some infrastructure for when needed.
Thanks for the write up. Cheers Cisco.
Thanks cisco. Point definitely taken about all the other fabulous cruising grounds in Qld. I have particularly fond memories of Heron Island.
I mostly made the comparison with the Whitsundays because that is all many cruising yachties seem to know, especially interstate and overseas visitors.
- scruzin
Thank you for the info. re Sir Joseph Banks Group . I am putting together a Sailing Plan for "Circ. Aus " from Brisbane , and this kind of report is priceless ! Good sailing , Mate , cheers Bob
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Reevseby Island is now apparently "feral free". I did see a tiger snake though.
If there is one there is usually another but if they ain't got nothin' to eat, soon there will be none.
I forgot to mention Reevesby island is known for its large tiger snake population!
Select to expand quotedralyagmas said..
Rabbits (actually Hares) are on Spilsby....
They are tasty
Actually they are Angoras. They don't burrow. They were released there years ago after a failed rabbit farm attempt. Plenty of info via Google. I noticed after I posted my previous that scruzin did not actually go ashore at Spilsby. There was some talk that the early French explorers put them there as a future source of meat but I can find no further info on that.
