We leave Broome and sailing up to Cape Leveque, exploring the spectacular red cliffs and rocky bays along the way. We are amazed at the number of people who have driven their cars with caravans and campers right up to these remote beach spots. The bush cam...
Walking up a gorge in Cape Range National Park was a double treat. Its so lovely to be able to do some serious walking when you're on board a boat and it was a privilege to be able to walk in one of the oldest landscapes with ancient fossils. We trekked up...
We sail north to Shark Bay and on the way up we catch a Wahoo and Russ shows us how to fillet it. We explore Dirk Hartog Island with Rachel and Rob from @TheCruisingKiwis. Dirk Hartog Island is only accessible by boat or ferry and has some of the best fish...
Sailed in to Geraldton for a few days to hide from a big blow. Russ made new bridel lines that broke in Jurien Bay. We then sailed out to the Abrolhos Islands with @SailingZatara with the view to fully experiencing the delights of these famous islands by d...
We pulled up at Lancelin and had loads of fun sandboarding down the massive dunes there behind the town. Next stop was Green island where we snorkelled and saw hundreds of fish, plus some lobsters but sadly weren't able to catch a lobster. After Green Isla...
At Fremantle Sailing Club we have all our gear out on the walkway before heading out to Rottnest Island. First we fuel up on the dock at Fremantle and then head west about 15 nautical miles to Thomson Bay at Rottnest and eventually managed to tie up to the...
Busselton is our first stop after rounding the Capes of Leeuwin and Naturaliste and the first time we can relax after the potentially difficult passages. We explore the Busselton, Margaret River and Pemberton areas nearby by car and enjoy the craft beers, ...
We enjoy the delights of exquisite Lucky Bay, by surfing, snorkelling and hiking before heading to Esperance, then Bremer Bay to see the marine spectacle and then around Cape Leeuwin and Cape Naturaliste to Busselton. Keith and Renee from @SailingZatara jo...
Our sailing 'the big lap' around Australia continues. We sail to Pearson Island, go ashore with our dinghy and almost swamp it with the big swell on the beach. We explore the incredible landscape that is inhabited by sea lions and their cubs and endemic ro...
We were tired of the monotony of life so we just sold up and bought a boat and now we are enjoying things we had only dreamt of. Things like... deserted islands, coral reefs, scuba diving, sailing, kite boarding, discovering new cultures and fishing. The c...
After waiting at Eden@SailingZatara and @TheCruisingKiwis for a weather window and checking the weather updates many times each day, we decided to leave. We had learnt that if we stop in Victoria we wouldn't be allowed into western australia at that time...
We summarise our sailing for the last year and outline our plans for 2021. We will sail around Australia, 7500nm (15,000km) from Southport to Southport via the Great Australian Bight, the Western Australian coast including the magnificent Kimberley Coast, ...
In Taveuni we anchored in an anchorage on the north west of the island. Through a friend of a friend, we found a great driver who explained some of the economy of Taveuni to us. He said that Taveuni is the garden island of Fiji with its fertile soil and hi...
We leave Susui in the south of Vanua Balavu and sail to the north of the island. Margy wakes up on her birthday in the most beautiful anchorage in the Bay of Islands where the cliffs are undercut and the water is the perfect colour. We snorkel, swim, kayak...
We leave Savusavu, Jacques Costeau Resort, to sail to Vanua Balavu. We stop at Viani Bay, then at Qamea Island on the NE or Taveuni Island, then over to Vanua Balavu. Our first stop on Vanua Balavu is at Mbavatu Harbour (sometimes called Bavatu) where we k...
We sailed from Rakiraki to Namena, an island between Vanua Levu and Viti Levu. The island of Namena is surrounded by reef that the Lonely Planet says has the best diving in Fiji. We did a drift dive over a 2000m drop off and we also dived a pinnacle. We wa...
We exploring by sailing our catamaran around the north west of Viti Levu, Fiji to Nananu-i-ra Island. Here we hooked up with Ra Divers to dive 2 world class sites, namely Dream Maker and Golden Dream. Solo was a wonderful guide and showed us through small ...
We leave Blue Lagoon and travel 15nm to the south of Yasawa Island. We visit the limestone caves that the bay is famous for. We climbed the steps to enter the cave then plunged into the cool underwater cave world. We were there with Renegade, Zatara and th...
We left Mantaray Bay after Russ's birthday celebrations with @SailingZatara @gonewiththewynns the crew from Renagade and Cat leya and headed just a few hours north to Blue Lagoon, made famous by the film of the same name, staring Brooke Shields. It was a l...
We check in to Fiji with no problems whatsoever. As we were one of the first yachts to enter Fiji using the Blue Lane initiative that Fiji set up, the local newspaper The Fiji Sun interviewed us and published an article with a photo of us on our boat. We p...
The Fijian Prime Minister announced that Fiji was open to boats on the Sunday night. By Monday morning we had booked our COVID test, completed and emailed our C2C form to Fiji and completed our NZ Customs departure form. We had asked Bruce Buckley to be ou...
We sailed our Leopard 50 Catamaran into Whangaroa Harbour, thirty nautical miles north of the Bay of Islands, passing through the Cavalli Islands on the way. We anchored in Waitepipi Bay with @sailing with six, Pu'uhonua and Slingshot and various other yac...
We lift anchor and move to Paihia and take a short dinghy ride to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. We learn the history of the signing of the treaty between the British and Maori. We marvel at the traditional Maori Waka ( war canoe) then experience a tradition...
We enter Whangamumu Harbour in fairly confused seas and are relieved that the harbour itself is relatively calm and protected. On the north western harbourside, we visit an old whaling station where we see native vegetation growing over and through various...
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