On 14 March 1911, under the command of Captain William Knight, "Yongala" embarked on her 99th voyage in Australian waters. She left Melbourne with 72 passengers, heading for Brisbane, where she arrived on 20 March. In Brisbane, most of the passengers from Melbourne disembarked, and new passengers and cargo headed up the Queensland coast (including the racehorse Moonshine and a Lincoln Red bull) were loaded. A harbour inspection found "Yongala" to be "in excellent trim", and she sailed for Mackay, where she was due on 23 March.