Category Archives: Darwin to Broome

Departed Deception Bay at 6pm to get some of benefit of the last of the flood tide and slack water before it turned into an ebb which we would have to push against. It should have given us a boost … Continue reading →

Hung around Tenggara Bay until 9am waiting for the tide to turn and flood South and West around the bottom of Augustus Island through Rogers Strait. The Australian Pilot describes Rogers Strait as treacherous,  but we hope that is because … Continue reading →

Prof got a shock during the night when he got up for a leak. A 6ft shark swimming around the back and underneath Baly. Accordingly the book we create to chronicle these blogs we think should be called “once around … Continue reading →

Departed Wary Bay at 8am, not a real good anchorage, we rolled all night.  Nice breeze of over 20 kts ESE so we made good time averaging 8 kts down the Western side of Bigge Island heading south into York Sound. … Continue reading →

Departed the beautiful anchorage at Murrangingi Island at 6am as the sun rose for the short 30 nm run to Bigge Island. Had a 15 kt ESE breeze to blow us across Montague Sound past Prudhoe Islands to Wary Bay … Continue reading →

Departed Freshwater Bay at 5.30am as the sun rose through the smoke haze.     Saw what we thought was another cruise vessel but was actually the Paspaley Pearls mothership Roslynne. Trying to get our head around the tidal currents … Continue reading →

Our fifth day in the Kimberley involved a 35 nm passage from Cape Talbot Bay past Sir Graham Moore Island, Geranium Harbour and Middle Rock Passage to Freshwater Bay near the mouth of Vansittart Bay. As the name implies Freshwater … Continue reading →

Fried up bacon and eggs on the bbq for breakfast while still at Glycosmis Bay, as we had to wait for the tide to turn. Otherwise we would be pushing up to 3 kts of current. Rounded Cape Londonderry,  the … Continue reading →

Left the King George River at 6.30am passing cruise vessel Lady M in the river and five others outside the bar including Banyandah and Luna, the others didn’t have AIS so we couldn’t identify them. Checked out Calamity Bay, named … Continue reading →

When they described this place as a ‘spectacular must see’, they weren’t bullshitting! It makes all the effort in preparation and getting here worthwhile. We met the guides from the cruise vessel Great Escape, pictured above complete with helicopter at … Continue reading →