Improvements to accommodation and facilities would continue through 1981.
Year end celebrations 17 boys and girls boarded MV Mizama with their leader Sonia Grevell for a cruise to Earlando to finish off the 1980 year. There they swam, sailed and rode horses before returning to Airlie Beach.
Chaos at Shute Proserpine Council closed the main car park area at Shute Harbour Jetty to carry out works to increase its size. Ill feelings ran high as police began booking cars. There appeared to be no one working there at the time.
Future expansion of Australian Bareboat Charters One of the partners, Tony Kelly, was overseeing growth that would lead to seven yachts of sizes between 25 and 38 feet operating from the facility.