Coast is clear for a bit of fun

It’s about now that Queensland courts the wayfaring sailor with weeks of perfect weather hatched by lazy high-pressure systems that hover overhead like the halos of a hundred angels. Those big isobars mean sailing under boundless blue skies, with light winds and languid swells that barely rock your boat. Yet according to the locals, this is winter and too cold for boating. And without them hurtling about the waterways, you can enjoy the postcard settings all to your self. Well, almost.