Kota Kinabalu is the capital of the East Malaysian state of Sabah in North Borneo. It used to be called Jesselton but was completely destroyed by American bombing toward the end of the second world war. It was named after the highest mountain in South East Asia in 1968. We arrived at 8.00am and tied up at the Port. Later we took a shuttle bus into town and walked along the seafront through the Central Market and Bazaar and onto the waterfront esplanade where man...

We left Port Douglas and continued our journey up through the Great Barrier Reef passing the Mouth of the Endeavour river, where James Cook beached his ship for repairs after hitting the reef. Then onto the northern tip of Australia, Cape York, and turning north west into the Torres Strait. Here our Great Barrier Reef pilot, who had given us very interesting information on the islands etc. of the reef, disembarked off Booby Island. The following day was spent sa...