Survey to Help Improve Guidance for Visiting Yachts The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) are currently developing biofouling management options for international non-commercial vessels so that yacht...

Biosecurity reporting requirements for yachts to change The long-standing reporting requirements for non-commercial vessels intending to arrive in Australian territory are to contact the department’s key biosecurity port offices by...

Sherry Seaman, a spokesperson for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, has shared the following information with Noonsite to assist the yachting community in preparing vessels for biosecurity inspection...

Planning for the Pacific In two previous Noonsite reports (Taking a Lesser Travelled Path and Discovering What Lies North of the Equator), I have made the case for sailing to...

We carried out a large amount of work on Serenity in New Zealand during the pandemic, where the tax rules are very generous to cruising yachts. When we arrived in...