During the Lockdowns of Covid 19, we decided to buy a boat so we could adventure along the coastline of Australia and cover another aspect of exploring this amazing country (and compliment our Australia by air experience) whilst making the most of being locked in as it were.  

We took the boat from Sydney to the Gold Coast over a number of weeks exploring places only accessible by sea, my favourite being Broughton Island just off Port Stephens, a part of the Barrington coast - a lovely surprise without much travel distance; remote, pristine with incredible snorkelling. The boys were even invited on a shark cave adventure with an old salty sea dog - I was very happy to see them return in one piece a few hours later! 

Able to travel to remote places where the larger tour boats don’t go, we were able to spend time on the Great Barrier Reef snorkelling without another boat in site - it was truly spectacular! I had thought that the fish had all left the reed but no, they are just smart and stay away from the crowds.