Entering or exiting a barred river entrance is an exercise which should always be approached with caution. However, if you cruise the East Australian coast and do not enter the rivers, you are missing out on some great cruising.
Read MoreThe following mainly relates to coastal weather forecasts around Australia, and in some cases specifically the east coast. Sources of weather information are constantly changing, new ones appearing, web addresses and phone numbers changing etc
Read MoreThe following is not intended to be a detailed thesis on what causes “weather”, nor on how to forecast it. Firstly I am not a meteorologist, and secondly there are very many excellent books available on the subject aimed specifically at mariners, written by Australian meteorologists for Australian conditions.
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