This summer we've sailed Australia’s North and Far North Queensland coasts.

For context, this is traditionally not the time of year to take this route.

It’s hot and wet, this is cyclone season, and to really liven things up, this was the third consecutive La Niña year, where on Australia’s east coast, these patterns are supposed to be intensified.

This is Part 1 of the video series we made about the voyage, and shows what it was like to leave the Whitsundays and head north in a volley of thunderstorms and strong wind warnings.

Welcome along for the white-knuckle ride!

@Shazatsea (IG)

Additional images via State Library of Victoria – source: https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity...
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Additional video clip (Why you should dive the S.S. Yongala) via Tourism and Events Queensland – source YouTube:    • Why you should dive the S.S. Yongala  

Screenshot (Australia’s own Titanic: 10 things you never knew about the S.S. Yongala via Tourism and Events Queensland – https://www.queensland.com/au/en/thin...

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