Island Life Adds Up For Planner

This Whitsundays holiday never ends, writes Valerie Khoo.

In The Herald: 1963

* A ROYAL Australian Navy whaler, a sailing ship used for training, was found dismasted and awash north-east of Hayman Island off the Queensland coast, with the bodies of two sailors on board and three sailors missing. Whalers were regarded as unsinkable but speculation had it that this one had been overturned in rough seas and the sailors had been caught in the rigging.