I came across a piece of writing the other day that uses a boating analogy to explain something that I have been contemplating of late (the original was a bit…

Peter turned 60 in December but did not want a big ‘do’, which left me in a pickle, as I have bad form with these things at the best of…

Tipperary Waters Marina It is November and we keep being asked this question by the shocked locals.  Why would anyone choose to spend 6 months in Darwin during the ‘wet’…

Our last travelling sunrise We left King George River on the morning of 22nd October and made excellent time across the Bonaparte Gulf to Darwin, a total of 237 nautical…

The King George River is one of those iconic Kimberley places that we were very keen to see and yet feared we might have to pass on. Across the entrance…

Tides and Whirlpools Rule After checking the charts, and the tide records we had previously downloaded, we decided to leave Sampson Bay at just before 6am to work with the…

Cruising the Buccaneer and Boneparte Archipelagos Sunrises are pretty cool too The waters along the Broome coastline contain many fish and pearl farms.  We had not encountered any actual farms…

(Mon 30th Sept – Friday 4th Oct) Each step of our adventure has its own challenges and we faced this next stage with some trepidation. The distance from the Montebellos…

Peter relaxing at sunset These delightful, far away islands are the highlight of our trip thus far.  Once safely parked up inside the island group, we loved just pottering around…