Can anyone in Townsville advise if I should bring big or small gear up at Christmas? Also there has been news of a lot of j fish lately, is anyone sailing there at the mpment?

car fixed ???

am afraid to call but they have promised me it will be. just hope it drives nice and straight.

Hey scot.

Just take a stubby cooler. Or if you want to go fishing come up to cairns between christmas and new year - I'll be home with the family. And i hear the reef will be open - hope so am suffering coral trout deficiency since the folks took up the great grey nomad thing and started driving round the country 2 or 3 times.

Summer in FNQ = jelly fish. And they scare the crap outta me more than the sharks you always see Personally I wouldn't bother with anything. Summer winds in Far north are minimal, which is why it is good fishing weather. Winter is trade winds season.

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Scot, a couple of years ago I spent christmas on Magnetic island.

My advice, get into Scuba diving. We got no more than about 8 to 10 knots for the full week up there, so I managed to get a lot of diving in along with being a general menace on a moped.

Thanks for the advice guys. We arived in Townsville yesterday but there doesn't seem to be a lot of breeze around. There was a bit of wind about on the way up (could have been the savory mince breakfast??) but the schedule didn't allow for any time on the water.

Might get a run on the way home if we are lucky. I hope the winds have kept up down there for some awesome Christmas stocking sailing.

Cheers,

try Bowen on the way back....(and go easy on the pajero!)....