Keppel Cruising Yacht Rally 2013: 2013

Sunday, 18 August 2013

Die hard members of crews from Restless Six and Destiny are having a final sundowners and BBQ to celebrate the end of the rally ...

We may do this a few more times as we simply do not want it to end....
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Monday, 12 August 2013

The two cruises combine!

The moment when the Keppel Rally met the Sandy Straits Cruise - the 2 cruise captains Mick and Ian T. The meeting takes place in Gary's Anchorage in the Sandy Straits.

A foggy morning in Wathumba Creek

Dawn and I woke to fog shrouded hills of Fraser Island this morning. Destiny will be heading into the Sandy Straits today.

Sunday, 11 August 2013

Something we have not done for 16 days on a boat, had a bath & drunk red from a glass lol, had a ball, now to lose the excess kilos found, more travel shots to cone

Rare sighting

Rare sighting of Ian T fishing. Hasnt been seen for a number of years.
Dawn - MVDestiny

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RQ

Good morning Keppel Cruisers, beautiful sunrise over RQ, enjoy your day where ever you may be cruising
MVP Crystal

Saturday, 10 August 2013

Restless Six has arrived at the Sandhills

Fabulous weather, Italian for lunch, Indian for dinner & great company, Manly Sunday

What a wonderful day to end an amazing trip, we cruised home leisurely and arrived at 4.30pm.
No wind and very little swell all the way.
Trust the end of everyone's journey is as fabulous as ours.
MV Crystal

MV Destiny spending some time at Wathumba Creek, Fraser Island

A beautiful afternoon in the creek. Pure white sand, absolute peace ....
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Crystal is just entering the beautiful calm waters of Moreton Bay

Col Wright caught this 1500 mackerel and shared it with us all

Earlier catch on Restless Six, 3 in one day

Double strike Yellowfin Tuna on Restless Six

Friday, 9 August 2013

Crystal is in The Sandy Straights

We have "Captain Slop" on board bringing us across Hervey Bay today!
Hoping that the waters will calm down soon. Other than that beautiful day 🚤

MV Crystal

Thursday, 8 August 2013

Restless Six is in Sandy Straits

Well, we finally have Internet, rolling at the moment so will blog tomorrow, fantastic time had & still having

Lady Musgrave

Good morning Lady Musgrave

As the sun comes up at Lady Musgrave the boats are getting ready to sail south. Restless Six, Solitaire and Camac left on first light, Crystal followed about an hour later leaving Merinda and Meleleuka to sleep on in the peaceful surrounds of Lady Musgrave for another day. Three magical days out on the reef including north west reef, Fitzroy reef, Lady Musgrave, boat parties and sundowners each night, thank you to every one for the fun, beautiful food and fresh fish. Banana Man is still trying for his first strike!! Now all the bananas have been eaten it may be Crystals turn to catch a big one...
On the way to Bundaberg we had some great up close encounters with whales and dolphins which made the sloppy conditions more interesting.

Tuesday, 6 August 2013

Some valuable items found!

Makes the hunt worthwhile I think ...... just don’t tell Ol’ Capn’ Jobe!

Treasure Contents

Opening and hosing off the booty – lots of very sticky sweets and chocolates – not worth much now ....

Ol' Capn' Jobes Treasure - Found!

The mystery is over – the treasure has been found.

It seems that 2 forces have combined to bring the long hidden treasure to light.

Bush turkeys were seen in the area and had been digging wildly – obviously something in the treasure was to a birds liking!

They may have unearthed it – but those damn rubbish bin clips are pretty hard to open with a beak and a couple of skinny claws!

So it was left on the surface to be taken by a tide – but no! The legged tree did its job and kept it local – washed backwards and forwards ensuring all the contents were wet!

And that is how the crew of MV Destiny found it – lying in the dry creek bed – still closed but full of water!

More photos to follow of the mysterious contents .....

Keppel Bay Marina Photographs

Check out KBM's photographs from our weekend in Keppel

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Awards

For anyone who missed out on hearing the awards as they were announced on Saturday night here is the list:

(1) 'Matt Preston Culinary Excellence' - Greg (for services to carving and leading the spit roast team)

(2) 'Collette Dinnigan Fashion Collection' - Dawn (for the selection of cruise shirts)

(3) 'Thanks for Coming' - Steve and crew on 'Monique' (for sailing hard and catching up after a late start)

(4) 'Nearly Missed It' - Geoff S and the crew on 'Blue Dolphin' (Pancake Creek pirate party)

(5) 'Errol Flynn Memorial' (most suave pirate) - Keith

(6) 'Something Fishy' (weirdest dressed fisherman) - Rory

(7) Best quote about someone else: Col "He couldn't catch a one legged dog on a marble floor" in reference to Ian S (in)ability to catch fish.

(8) Best quote about themselves: Geoff G "That's Interesting" for having the presence of mind to observe vital parts of his anatomy transiting from the inside of his body to the outside.

(9) 'Hard to Tell the Difference' - John (inability to distinguish the difference between chocolate and a pair of coconuts)

(10) Most Interesting Quiz Answer: Greg and crew on 'Solitaire'; tied with

(11) Arthur and Jan on 'Crystal'

(12) Best Quiz Drawing: 'Solitaire' - Dolphin on Leg #1

(13) Overall Quiz Drawing Prize - Warren & Debbie 'Phase 2'

(14) Overall Quiz Navigation Prize - Tim and crew 'Rous Explorer'

(15) Overall Quiz Trivia Prize - Tim and crew 'Rous Explorer'

(16) Admiral Horation Nelson Prize for Organisation and Leadership - Ian T

See you all again next year.

Richard.

Monday, 5 August 2013

Thank you all

Restless Six just wanted to say thank you all for a great time, Ian, Dawn, Richard & Allison for organising such a great event, Merinda for sharing a wealth of knowledge & fishing tips, Crystal for being so thoughtful, Meleleuka for some great entertainment, Phase 2 for the camera retrieval, Postcode for a glorious Sunday morning cruise & great hospitality, Rous Explorer for driving 2 slightly intoxicated crew to Yepoon for supplies, Solataire for some caps, Camac for taking the photos, apologies if we have missed anyone, most of all thank you all for your company, we look forward to next year, safe travels.