As mostly people in Sulawesi are a famous trader and farmer, this key economic development can be assured in its own people. People in southern areas like Makassarese, Bugis and Butonese are well-known as seafarer and have history of trading and cultural links with the Aborigines of northern Australia for over 500 years. British explorer Matthew Flinders encountered 60 Indonesian schooners at Melviller Bay in 1803, and today many more still make the risky journey to fish reefs in the cyclone belt off the northern coast of Australia. Meanwhile, northern people relative new comer to sailing folklore, but with their outward looking culture, their language and sailing skills, make them first choice of many captains.
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