Life Back At The Marina
May and June 2020 A mackerel cloud formation over the surf club beach We moved back onto the boat at Tipperary Waters Marina in May, and straight back into the…
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July 12, 2020
DARWIN in the COVID19 Times
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…
May 1, 2020
Still Getting Out and about in The Wet
March-April 2020 Fishing at sunset We took a tour bus to Katherine (just in case everything got shut down due to the you-know-what of 2020). We were easily socially distanced…
April 20, 2020
There Are Ants In My Gin!
February 2020 in Darwin Storm Clouds over Yellow Waters The Wet season in Darwin extends from November through to May; it is hot, oppressively humid and usually stormy. During the…
March 25, 2020
Birthdays, Bushfires and Cyclones that weren’t
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…
January 15, 2020
Why Darwin for ‘The Wet’? (Oct-Nov)
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’…
December 10, 2019
And On To Darwin
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…
November 25, 2019
KIMBERLEY III – KING GEORGE RIVER
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…
November 20, 2019
The Kimberleys II – Prince Regent River and Swift Bay
Tides and Whirlpools Rule 12th October - 20th October 2019 After checking the charts, and the tide records we had previously downloaded, we decided to leave Sampson Bay at just…
November 15, 2019
Kimberleys I – Two Archipelagos
Cruising the Buccaneer and Boneparte Archipelagos (4th Oct - 11th Oct 2019) Sunrises are pretty cool too The waters along the Broome coastline contain many fish and pearl farms. We…
November 10, 2019