{"id":4086,"date":"2017-04-05T05:50:02","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T04:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.on4cn.be\/blog_radio\/?p=4086"},"modified":"2017-04-05T05:50:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T04:50:02","slug":"vk9mav-marion-reefdiamond-islets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.on4cn.be\/blog_radio\/2017\/04\/05\/vk9mav-marion-reefdiamond-islets\/","title":{"rendered":"VK9MAV &#8211; Marion Reef\/Diamond Islets"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article\">\n<center><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><\/p>\n<h3>VK9MAV &#8211; Marion Reef\/Diamond Islets, OC-267<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<header><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2017-04-04T03:42:39+00:00\" >April 4, 2017<\/time><\/header>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/dx-world.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/marion_reef.jpg\" data-caption=\"Marion Reef, Coral Sea\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"322\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"http:\/\/dx-world.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/marion_reef-696x522.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"marion_reef\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marion Reef, Coral Sea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEWS UPDATE<\/strong> &#8212; Whitsundays region has been devastated by Category 4 cyclone Debbie &#8211;  winds up to 270 km\/h, extremely high tide and up to 500 mm of rain in an hour &#8211; few days ago. Airlie Beach where Norval boat had been moored, doesn&#8217;t have power, water, mobile coverage as well as many and many suburbs\/villages\/sites around. Very limited supply of food. Many houses (including Airlie Beach marina) have been partly or totally destroyed. Just make a search for &#8220;Airlie Beach Debbie&#8221; on internet.<\/p>\n<p>I had a talk to Ron Murphy (skipper\/owner of Norval) yesterday. Actually only reason to ring him was to get a confirmation he and his family are fine. People there have much more important things to worry about than someone&#8217;s hobby.<\/p>\n<p>The boat didn&#8217;t sink but great repair work has to be done to get it back on track, as well as 3 dories.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ron is looking for an opportunity to get to Marion Reef reasonably soon, possibly with other company&#8217;s boat.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll keep you updated. The expedition hasn&#8217;t been cancelled, just (possibly) postponed.<\/p>\n<p>73 VK5MAV<\/p>\n<p><strong>DECEMBER 19, 2016 &#8212; VK9MAV &#8211; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsgbiota.org\/info\/search.php?q=oc267\" target=\"_blank\">Marion Reef\/Diamond Islets, OC-267<\/a>. The expedition will take place end of May &#8211; June 2017. Exact dates to be advised. They depend on weather and boat availability &#8211; it&#8217;s 400 km trip in open sea. Full details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qrz.com\/db\/VK9MAV\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><HR width=\"50%\"><br \/>\n<center><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><\/p>\n<h4>Version traduite en Fran\u00e7ais via Google Translate<\/h4>\n<p><\/span><\/b><\/center><br \/>\n<b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Le 04 avril 2017<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>DES NOUVELLES MISE \u00c0 JOUR <\/strong> &#8211; La r\u00e9gion de Whitsundays a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9vast\u00e9e par le cyclone de cat\u00e9gorie 4 Debbie &#8211; des vents jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 270 km \/ h, une mar\u00e9e extr\u00eamement \u00e9lev\u00e9e et jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 500 mm de pluie en une heure &#8211; il y a quelques jours. Airlie Beach o\u00f9 le bateau de Norval avait \u00e9t\u00e9 amarr\u00e9, n&rsquo;a pas le pouvoir, l&rsquo;eau, la couverture mobile ainsi que de nombreuses banlieues \/ villages \/ sites autour. Distribution tr\u00e8s limit\u00e9e d&rsquo;aliments. De nombreuses maisons (y compris la marina de Airlie Beach) ont \u00e9t\u00e9 partiellement ou totalement d\u00e9truites. Il suffit de faire une recherche pour &lsquo;Airlie Beach Debbie&rsquo; sur internet.<\/p>\n<p>J&rsquo;ai eu un entretien avec Ron Murphy (skipper \/ propri\u00e9taire de Norval) hier. En fait, la seule raison de l&rsquo;appeler \u00e9tait d&rsquo;obtenir une confirmation que lui et sa famille allaient bien. Les gens ont des choses beaucoup plus importantes \u00e0 s&rsquo;inqui\u00e9ter que le passe-temps de quelqu&rsquo;un.<\/p>\n<p>Le bateau n&rsquo;a pas coul\u00e9, mais il faut faire un excellent travail de r\u00e9paration pour le remettre sur la bonne voie, ainsi que 3 carr\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p>Cependant, Ron cherche une opportunit\u00e9 pour arriver \u00e0 Marion Reef assez rapidement, \u00e9ventuellement avec le bateau d&rsquo;une autre entreprise.<\/p>\n<p>Je vous tiens au courant. L&rsquo;exp\u00e9dition n&rsquo;a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 annul\u00e9e, juste (\u00e9ventuellement) report\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p>73 VK5MAV<\/p>\n<p><strong>LE 19 D\u00c9CEMBRE 2016 &#8211; VK9MAV &#8211; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsgbiota.org\/info\/search.php?q=oc267\" target=\"_blank\"><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> Marion Reef\/Diamond Islets, OC-267<\/span><\/b><\/a>. L&rsquo;exp\u00e9dition aura lieu fin mai-juin 2017. Des dates exactes \u00e0 signaler. Ils d\u00e9pendent de la m\u00e9t\u00e9o et de la disponibilit\u00e9 des bateaux &#8211; c&rsquo;est 400 km en mer ouverte. Tous les d\u00e9tails <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qrz.com\/db\/VK9MAV\" target=\"_blank\"><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> ICI<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55047\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dx-world.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/we-696x394.jpg\" alt=\"DXNEWS\" width=\"104\" height=\"13\" \/>Source de l&rsquo;infos<\/center><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VK9MAV &#8211; Marion Reef\/Diamond Islets, OC-267 April 4, 2017 Marion Reef, Coral Sea NEWS UPDATE &#8212; Whitsundays region has been devastated by Category 4 cyclone Debbie &#8211; winds up to 270 km\/h, extremely high tide and up to 500 mm of rain in an hour &#8211; few days ago. Airlie Beach where Norval boat had &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.on4cn.be\/blog_radio\/2017\/04\/05\/vk9mav-marion-reefdiamond-islets\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continuer la lecture<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> de &laquo;&nbsp;VK9MAV &#8211; Marion Reef\/Diamond Islets&nbsp;&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,24,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infos-dx","category-trafic-radio","category-trafic-radioamatuer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.on4cn.be\/blog_radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.on4cn.be\/blog_radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.on4cn.be\/blog_radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.on4cn.be\/blog_radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.on4cn.be\/blog_radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.on4cn.be\/blog_radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4086\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.on4cn.be\/blog_radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.on4cn.be\/blog_radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.on4cn.be\/blog_radio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}