If you would like to make direct contact with the Homestead once on the water, or have an inquiry before leaving port, please use the information below:
TELEPHONES and Radio in the Homestead on the hilltop at 600 feet:
Homestead Phone (satellite) : 07 4999 5840 (currently unavailable)
Kerry – 0452 295 575
Marine Radio Channel: Ch:73
Scanning: 16, 73, 80, 81 and 83 (83 is installed at the repeater station on Percy Island for Coastguard Thirsty Sound to contact those further afield than ch:81)
Telephone and Internet lines usually drop out between Shoalwater Bay Area and Dent/Curlew Islands. Once at Middle Percy Island your Telephone and Internet communications are available from the higher points, but only if your server works on the Telstra communication system.
- On the main long walking track to Homestead 500m from the beach above the West Bay and over looking Pine Islet;
- Over half way to Homestead a sign over the track (ring-ring)
- ‘Andys Lookout’ overlooking South Percy
Photos: can be posted here or on;-
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