Anchored beside shocking destruction in Indonesia - Episode 118
April 18, 2025 by Dreamtimesail | Language: EN Play Time: 00:24:39 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
During our first three weeks sailing the coast of Sulawesi we met many, many beautiful, welcoming people and saw nothing but the unbelievable beauty of the world’s eleventh largest island. But in this episode, we finally come face to face with the environmental vandalism of unregulated nickel mining that is spreading throughout Sulawesi like a cancer, destroying paradise and a whole way of life. It’s heartbreaking.
After our wonderful stop at Lasusua, we sail south along the east coast of Sulawesi’s Bone Bay on our way to Bau Bau where we need to renew our visas. On the way we anchor in a large bay by the village of Tambea and experience our first encounter with what proved to be widespread nickel mining we were to discover all over Sulawesi. While we’re all for development that creates employment and improves the lives of the Indonesian people, the devastation caused by these mines operating with no to little environmental controls was very distressing.
Links for more about Indonesian Nickel Mining
Spotlight Nickel Mining TV Report – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNag4j0nmKU
Electric Viking debunks Spotlights EV claims – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwfTZrzAx2c
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Cheers Rob and Karen
During our first three weeks sailing the coast of Sulawesi we met many, many beautiful, welcoming people and saw nothing but the unbelievable beauty of the world’s eleventh largest island. But in this episode, we finally come face to face with the environmental vandalism of unregulated nickel mining that is spreading throughout Sulawesi like a cancer, destroying paradise and a whole way of life. It’s heartbreaking.
After our wonderful stop at Lasusua, we sail south along the east coast of Sulawesi’s Bone Bay on our way to Bau Bau where we need to renew our visas. On the way we anchor in a large bay by the village of Tambea and experience our first encounter with what proved to be widespread nickel mining we were to discover all over Sulawesi. While we’re all for development that creates employment and improves the lives of the Indonesian people, the devastation caused by these mines operating with no to little environmental controls was very distressing.
Links for more about Indonesian Nickel Mining
Spotlight Nickel Mining TV Report - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNag4j0nmKU
Electric Viking debunks Spotlights EV claims - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwfTZrzAx2c
If you’d like access to our live-tracker to see where we are in real time, receive almost daily Sit Rep updates when we’re sailing via an exclusive crew Facebook Group, early, add free access to our episodes, free or heavily discounted downloads of all our e-books plus other exclusive benefits, you can become a member of our Dreamtime Sail Virtual Crew through either Ko-fi or Patreon. The funds help us offset the cost of upload data, music and editing software subscriptions, storage hard drives plus camera and audio equipment to improve the quality of our shows.
Thank you so much crew. You’re the guys and girls who float our boat and keep us motivated.
Ko-fi https://www.ko-fi.com/dreamtimesail
(Note: Ko-Fi has become our preferred platform for support as they take no commission from Crew Member’s contributions)
Patreon https://www.patreon.com/DreamtimeSail
Our Books and eBooks are available via Payhip
HERE - https://tinyurl.com/DreamtimeSailebooks
This video contains music used under license from Epidemic Sound.
SOCIALS
We’re on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/DreamtimeSail
Follow our Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dreamtimesail/
We’ve been blogging since 2011. Check it out at https://www.dreamtimesail.blogspot.com
You can find Karen's recipes and tips from Our Galley at https://dreamtimesail.blogspot.com/p/our-galley.html
OUR GALLEY
Backcountry Beef Mince. Dehydrated mice perfect for onboard protein a Ways available in the pantry. Great for pasta dishes, nachos, tacos etc .... https://amzn.to/2KdLbe7
Wasabi Powder, excellent to have onboard when fresh Wasabi is unavailable. A traditional Japanese condiment served with sushi, sashimi and soba. https://amzn.to/3lHaYcy
Compost Bin https://amzn.to/3zu5g6X
Six pack wine https://amzn.to/2KmdneR
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Baccarat Le Connoisseur pot https://amzn.to/3z5N5mB
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Cheers Rob and Karen
Anchored beside shocking destruction in Indonesia - Episode 118 Locations
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Come sailing with us. https://www.youtube.com/Dreamtimesail?sub_confirmation+1 Rob & Karen are an ordinary Australian couple who live aboard and sail a Whitby 42 ketch, 'Our Dreamtime'. Cruising fulltime since 2011 we have sailed over 20,000 nautical miles in Australia, SE Asia, the UK and the Mediterranean. We are currently cruising remote areas of Indonesia. We provide a glimpse of our life through our vlogs, blogs, published writings and artwork. We love our nomadic existence and like to share the amazing things we see and experience as we sail to unbelievable destinations. You may already know us through our regular blogging over the past 10 years but now we have joined the video world with this YouTube channel
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