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…

Shothole Canyon and the Gulf We had loved our time in Denham, but were looking forward to moving up the coast to Coral Bay; another overnight run. Dodging the prawn…

Sunset at Denham Before we get to the apple turnovers, I’m going to take you back to those pesky mooring lines that I am obsessed with.  Arriving in Denham (Thursday…

Peter on Dirk Hartog Island with 'Opal Lady' anchored in the background With a happy serpentine belt (and two spares – just in case) we left Geraldton on Saturday 10th…

The redeveloped foreshore in Geraldton (and Beloved taking the groceries home) We pulled in to Jurien Bay at 8am on Saturday 3rd August and did a not-too-bad job of getting…