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Under the backdrop of the opulent Crown Casino and in conjunction with the 2011 Melbourne Boat Show, this year’s Marine Awards were presented to a group of deserving winners in front of 160 industry guests.
In addition to attending this year’s Show, The Hon Dr Denis Napthine - Minister for Ports, Regional Cities, Major Projects [...]

The Queen’s birthday weekend saw Melbourne come alive with plenty of recreational activity around Southgate and the Melbourne Conference & Exhibition Centre, which included the 51st annual Melbourne Boat Show.
According to Boating Industry Association Victoria’s General Manager Clyde Batty, the Show attracted a large number of people from the general public with an interest in [...]

Supported by many of Australia’s best known sailors, the Bear Cottage children’s hospice is raffling the world’s kindest yacht as part of its annual fund-raising campaign.
The winner of the Hanse 355 yacht, valued at [$220,000] will be announced at the Sydney International Boatshow on July 31 by Hanse’s national importer Team Windcraft.
Net proceeds from the [...]

“I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”

So said physicist, mathematician and astronomer Sir Isaac Newton who amongst many other key inventions, created a reflecting sextant for [...]