August 2022

Visit Australia’s national sail training ship Young Endeavour whilst she is berthed at Gladstone, within the Heron Island Ferry Terminal area. A voyage in Young Endeavour is a challenging adventure at sea, and a unique opportunity for youth to develop teamwork and leadership skills through a world recognised organisation. Explore...

Ahoy there friends, family, and everyone in between, the big day has arrived: Command Day! (or mutiny day as it's called among the youthies). The staffies have taken a back seat to commanding the ship with only vague hints and pointed questions to help the...

Ahoy there dear readers, what an action packed day of adventure it was today. Having remained at sea overnight we motorsailed NNW in a relatively calm sea-state, overcast with passing squalls and northerly winds @ 10-15 kts, conducting a watch teamwork and communication activity, as well...

Bonjour dwellers of the land. How are you? Because if you were to ask us that same question, we would say, “We are thriving since we finally gained our sea legs”. Today we spotted many whale breeching the surface to say hello. We waved back of...

Ahoy there landlubbers and fellow crewmates, we have survived anchor watch through the night without staffy supervision (big win). To celebrate we gathered on deck after the usual blasting of radio wake up for some sunrise yoga in Trial Bay lead by yogi master TJ. Harmonies...

Ahoy dear readers, despite the wind and swell, Day 4 of our voyage began with some youthies laying aloft during the night with some friendly visitors (whales and dolphins) to help us get through. We began the day with another wake up song, an amazing...

Ahoy dear readers, Day 3 of our voyage began with a rough sea and a lumpy night for many ( The fish were well fed though!). We started off 6 miles east of Port Stevens and the youth were woken up by a random song...

Ahoy dear readers, Day 2 of our voyage began at anchor in Hunters Bay, Sydney today. Sailmaster Evan woke us all up for a 0600 Early Morning Activity on deck and Jarod knocked up some delicious breakie and then we all met again at 0800...

Ahoy there shipmates, landlubbers and armchair sailors, it was wonderful to meet the lovely youth crew of Voyage 09/22 today alongside Sub Base Platypus in Neutral Bay, Sydney comprising 21 youth, from NSW, ACT, QLD and NT. They arrived at 1430 with a few family members...

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