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The Coongoola was built in Bundaberg Queensland. In 1949 she completed her maiden voyage to South Africa. Made from Burmese teak with Bermuda ketch rigging, she has travelled most of the world and was the mother ship to the Sydney Hobart yacht race in the 1950s. Her home base is now Port Vila Vanuatu, where I joined her for a delightful day cruise.