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Passage to Indonesia – Day 4- Jensen Bay
We are going to wait till tomorrow to make the big jump across to Indonesia. Today, we moved just 15nms further…
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Passage to Indonesia – Day 3 – Lagoon Bay
This is day 3 of our passage to Indonesia, but several days have passed since we came through Gugari Rip. It’s…
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Passage to Indonesia – Day 2 – Gugari Rip
From our overnight anchorage at Cotton Island to the Gugari Rip was only about 20 nautical miles, but the timing of…
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Passage to Indonesia – Day 1 – Cape Wilberforce
We were up early this morning. Our appointment with Australian Border Force was for 0800, for our clearance to depart the…
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Published on Boat Maintenance
Starlink Mounts
For the trip to Indonesia, we have bought Starlink hardware while we had access to shops in Cairns, and have an…
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Departure to Indonesia Imminent
This is the route we plan to take from Australia across to Indonesia. Our documents are ready. Border Force have all…
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Gulf of Carpentaria Crossed
The view from Gove Boat Club September 25, we passed the halfway point of the Gulf crossing around noon on our…
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Crossing Gulf of Carpentaria
Sep 25 1100 With 170NMs to our destination waypoint at Bremer Island off Nhulunbuy NT, and 170NMs logged since leaving Seisia…
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Vlasoff Cay
After our extended stay in Cairns, the weather is now quite moderate. Temperature is in the 20s, day and night, and…
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Cairns Restocking
August 2024 We intending staying in Cairns for a while. There was a lot of bureaucratic documents to process as part…
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Palm Cove Bus Trip
August 22, 2024 The tides and wind allowed us to leave the boat safely at anchor for a few hours this…
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Published on EnvironmentCrocodile Numbers – It’s not Hunting
I easily accept that the number of salt water crocodiles in northern Australia have multiplied (exponentially) is recent decades, but I…
