Outback sailing
Nov 20, 2019
4 minutes
WORDS BY ROB DICKSON
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MELINDA HENSHAW
Life and travel in outback Australia has always been about finding water. Even in this record-breaking drought, we were to sail in places many would never consider visiting – just because we could! We became ‘nautical nomads’ looking for water. We weren’t the first, and we won’t be the last.
The new TIWAL 2 prototype had just arrived, so we loaded two of them into my 4WD and headed inland to Storm King Dam near Stanthorpe, to enjoy a nice sail in light winds. Fortunately, you don’t need much water to sail a TIWAL.
Heading southwest to Walgett, NSW where the
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