Leeuwin Ocean Adventure Foundation
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The Leeuwin
II tall ship is owned and operated by the Leeuwin Ocean Adventure Foundation Ltd, a not-for-profit organisation based in Fremantle, Western Australia
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Launched in 1986, Leeuwin II is Australia's largest ocean-going tall ship and is dedicated to challenging and inspiring people on adventurous ocean voyages.
Voyages on Leeuwin II are designed to assist and educate people, develop Australia's youth and the wider community in terms of leadership, team skills, community spirit and environmental awareness.
The Foundation offers adventurous voyages along the Western Australia
coast between Esperance
and Darwin
. A wide range of programmes is available to suit all ages and interests from short 3 hour sails to 12 day voyages.
The activities on board are designed to encourage teamwork, communication, problem solving and leadership.
STS Leeuwin II
The STS Leeuwin II is a tall ship based in Fremantle, Western Australia.The Leeuwin is a three-masted barquentine. It was built to a design by local naval architect Len Randell by Australian Shipbuilding Industries Pty Ltd and launched on 2 August 1986...
II tall ship is owned and operated by the Leeuwin Ocean Adventure Foundation Ltd, a not-for-profit organisation based in Fremantle, Western Australia
Fremantle, Western Australia
Fremantle is a city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle was the first area settled by the Swan River colonists in 1829...
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Launched in 1986, Leeuwin II is Australia's largest ocean-going tall ship and is dedicated to challenging and inspiring people on adventurous ocean voyages.
Voyages on Leeuwin II are designed to assist and educate people, develop Australia's youth and the wider community in terms of leadership, team skills, community spirit and environmental awareness.
The Foundation offers adventurous voyages along the Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
coast between Esperance
Esperance, Western Australia
Esperance is a large town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located on the Southern Ocean coastline approximately east-southeast of the state capital, Perth. The shire of Esperance is home to 9,536 people as of the 2006 census, its major industries are tourism, agriculture,...
and Darwin
Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
. A wide range of programmes is available to suit all ages and interests from short 3 hour sails to 12 day voyages.
The activities on board are designed to encourage teamwork, communication, problem solving and leadership.
Newsletter
- Leeuwin ahoy : official publication of the Leeuwin Ocean Adventure Foundation. Fremantle, W.A.Leeuwin Ocean Adventure Foundation, Issue 1 (Sept. 1999)-issue 4 (Oct. 2000).
- The Leeuwin challenge. subsequent publication...
Further reading
- Clarke, Rita (1995). Development of the Leeuwin organisation Port weekly, 6 Nov. 1995, p.10-11.