Warnings for Fiji as Tropical Cyclone Rae Intensifies to Category 2 Updated: February 24, 2025 Tropical Cyclone Rae has strengthened to a Category 2 storm and multiple warnings are in...

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...

Exploring Western Australia About 25 years ago I met one of the very few people who have sailed out from England to explore the Western Australian coastline. He made a...

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...