Australia has very strict biosecurity requirements for non-commercial vessels arriving into the country. In their August newsletter, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has information for yachts transiting...

The northern route "over the top" of Papua New Guinea is favoured by cruisers sailing from the Solomon Islands to Indonesia. In this report for Noonsite, cruiser Catherine Hayward recounts...

After arriving into Darwin from Indonesia, Dominique Cabarroque and Arne Luehrs continued their journey eastward across the Top End of Australia. However, faced with the prospect of headwinds for most...

The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has launched a survey seeking input from cruisers and sailors who have entered Australia on a recreational vessel in the last...

Despite security concerns, James Ashwell and the crew of SV Uhuru of London spent two months cruising Papua New Guinea and discovered some of the "off-the-beaten" track places and intact...

The rapid development of offshore windfarms makes it hard for charts, pilots and supplements to keep up to date and similar problems have been reported with electronic charts. The Global...