Comment: Burton's Perth to Cape York Carnarvon Gorge to the Gold Coast Day 25-26

Thanks Mike

I understand re the HF/sat phone option. I still like to have available the broadcast capability of a radio (VKS 737) just in case someone is in strife nearby or we need assistance, something a phone can't match.

At one stage AMSA wanted to do away with VHF stations around the coast and mandate everyone to use a sat phone. Fortunately we managed to knock that one on the head. A sat phone then was far more than the combined cost of a boat and outboard :-)

Cheers
Andrew