A spot for a beer and a view of any number of boats.

Big, small and just plain gigantic - they are all moored in the Broadwater. One boat which seems to moor here quite regularly belongs to the mining billionaire Clive Palmer. It is a $40million, 56m Italian designed superyacht patriotically named 'Australia'. It has two sundecks, an outdoor and indoor bar, a jacuzzi, and a VIP suite. Funnily enough, Clive and I went to the same State High School! I'm not sure that he would realise this... LOL :)

[Peter Dulis]

Cheers

[Jane Pittenger]

Boy, some people have a lot of money to burn

[Rob Z]

@jgpittenger Hi again Jane. Yep, they do - and if he's an example it doesn't make them a nicer person, to put it mildly! :)

[Rick]

Great view out there. Nice capture.

[Bobbi C]

Nice image!

[Suzanne]

I hope you pull faces as you go by!! Great shot!

[Babs]

What a great place tò sit and have a drink.

[Diana]

Fabulous capture and scene, I could sit there all day.

[Wylie]

Maybe you could put a small hole in it :)

[Brian]

Fascinating story about your fellow student

[Bill Davidson]

That’s not your boat next to Clive’s?!

[Oli Lindenskov]

Great shot👍😊

[Joan Robillard]

Very nice

[Susan Wakely]

When I see big boats I have a vision of rich people trying to evade taxes by buying them.

[Dione Giorgio]

Looks like the area is a favourite for the big boats. Beautiful shot.

[Mags]

Very nice perspective!

[Linda Godwin]

Sounds like a great place to sit and people watch

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Lovely shot and so inviting looking.

[Merrelyn]

A lovely spot from which to watch the world go by. I wonder what he'll do with his plans to build the Titanic replica. He has just promised to get it back on track.

[Beverley]

Lovely shot! Money doesn’t buy kindness

[Fisher Family]

A fascinating place to enjoy the views - and a drink!

Ian

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely, so different from the boats I posted last night!

[Korcsog Károly]

It looks like a busy port!

[Carole Sandford]

I’m sure boats / yachts are over rated 😉 I mean sea sickness is no fun! 🤣

[Dorothy]

What a beautiful place to watch the boats, people go by whilst having a drink.
Too bad about Clive being a stinker! People like that could help so many!
I’m back…. Just read a bit about Clive, is he related to trump?

[Rob Z]

@ankers70 It is all a bit obscene - one day we tried to work out a total value for the boats moored - we gave up after several billions.

[Rob Z]

Poeple watching there is fun! Such a diverse slice of humanity - there was a baby shower group that brought its own cupcakes, hot and thirsty locals, tourists waiting to board their multimillion yacht for a cruise and a whole lot of young people just out for a beer!! Cheers Rob
@rickster549 @onewing @ludwigsdiana @sangwann @rontu @mittens @fishers

[Rob Z]

@pusspup Lol you might as well - he hardly ever seems to use the monstrosity...

[Rob Z]

@billdavidson Lol Bill - we used to have a 12ft fishing dinghy - until we had kids!! I bet we got more fun out of it than he gets out of this monster. Clive's all about show! :)

[Rob Z]

@wakelys That's an interesting thought - Clive probably does have it in a company name and uses it for business purposes... :)

[Rob Z]

@merrelyn Hi Merrelyn - he's such a tosser! With such terrible taste! The dinosaurs were a disaster and he wrecked life for a lot of people who lived in that place. Goodness knows what this latest thing involves...... Lets hope it never gets off the ground... Cheers Rob

[Rob Z]

@beverley365 Very true - especially in this case... :)

[Rob Z]

@craftymeg So different - and so many of these are just for show. The GC can be a very shallow, just for appearances type of place...

[Rob Z]

@carole_sandford So true Carole - but, funnily enough, a lot of these boats would get very little use!! Just for show!

[Rob Z]

@illinilass Hi Dorothy - I'm not sure about any relationship, but, to my mind, he's the same type of person... Cheers Rob

[Ann H. LeFevre]

You should check in with him and see if he'll give you a ride. (o: Good shot.

[haskar]

Lovely scene and shot.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Call me Joe]

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