From the Arafura to the Coral Sea - the Gulf, the Cape, and Lizard Island Dear friends We are currently in Port Douglas where we have been berthed for the last week waiting out some strong south-easterly winds before heading south. We have really enjoyed our time here, especally a day trip to Cape Tribulation. It always feels amazing to come into a marina and the civilisation associated with that, but after a few days we find ourselves yearning for the sea and the wind! We are off tomorrow in some great northerly winds and hope to get to Magnetic Island, off the coast of Townsville, by the end of the week. We departed Gove at dawn for our trip across the Gulf of Carpentaria - Stewy's good planning led to an uneventful sail from a weather perspective - flat seas and little wind, so we motor sailed much of the way. There was heaps of sea life - turtles, seasnakes shedding their skin on the surface, brown boobies, and lots of fish jumping out of th...