We leave Tomahu and head for Wangi-Wangi which is one of four islands in the Wakatobi group. It’s a two-day passage to get there. The name Wakatobi is a portmanteau of the four main Tukangbesi islands: Wangi-Wangi, Keledupa, tomia and Binongko.
We go as...
We leave Wangi-Wangi and sail south to Hoga, one of the four islands in the Wakatobi group. The name Wakatobi is a portmanteau of the four main Tukangbesi islands: Wangi-Wangi, Keledupa, tomia and Binongko.
There are FADs to watch out for everywhere!
We ...
We leave Hoga and start to make our way south to Flores.
We travel well and manage to stop in at Bonerate which is a major traditional wooden boat-building island. We check out the boats and then after a night stopover we continue south to Flores.
Magnus...
We take Peanut on the long motor to town. It’s a beautiful trip with plenty to see. There are phinisis everywhere!
We check out the town of Labuan Bajo which is the jumping-off point for the Komodo National Park and the famous Komodo dragons.
It’s a ...
We leave the manta rays and star fish and make our way to Rindja Island which is claimed to have monkeys on the beach and Komodo dragons.
We speed through a pass at 12 knots with Nutshell on idle!
We spend the night at the anchorage and spot loads of mon...
We make the huge decision to leave Indonesia rather than renew our visas. We have decided instead to return to the Kimberley and explore the places we didn’t get to before and to revisit the locations which we loved the most.
We have a few days to get e...
The huge seas and high winds are not letting up. The ocean is horrible and Peanut is having a tough time. Without her engine she is not as stable as she used to be.
In the middle of the night disaster happens. Peanut is completely underwater…
… After...
We now set about the task of finding a new Peanut which will be suitable and safe enough for our trip to the Kimberley.
It’s tough trying to find a tinnie in Broome as there isn’t much around. Broome itself is actually a small town. It’s expensive t...
We spend our last few days in Broome provisioning Nutshell and waiting for our new lithium batteries to arrive.
Then we finally head off towards the Kimberley.
After an overnight sail,, we spend the night at Beagle Bay and then move north to Thomas Bay....
We manage to pass Cape Leveque without incident. It’s a notorious part of the coastline with often dangerous seas.
We end up at Cascade Bay near Lochlan Island. We take Peanut out on her longest trip so far to explore our surrounds and find many amazing...
We leave Island 67 and make our way to a beautiful anchorage where we take Peanut on a good scout around and find the most majestic mangroves.
Magnus scouts out a waterfall and we go about collecting water in our 200 litre bladder.
We pass a barramundi f...
We explore our surrounds in Peanut and make our way to Gugeri Camp to do a bit of bush cooking on an open fire.
Magnus cooks up a delicious Kangaroo and Guinness Stew.
We then move anchorage and explore in Peanut and find an abundance of huge oysters on ...
We head ashore to find the pearl divers’ graves.
We find an amazing art-like gallery of rock art formations.
After checking out another amazing beach, we head to the nearby blue hole to check it out.
We move on to the unusual anchorage at Crocodile C...
We need to get fuel if we are to make it back to Darwin. There’s a VERY remote fuel barge down Dogleg Creek so we take Peanut around the headland to get a few jerries.
Magnus tests out a very strange-looking ‘animal’ which he keeps spotting on the r...
We head towards Raft Point in the hope of anchoring close by and heading in to check out the rock art at the top of the escarpment. Unfortunately, it’s just too choppy and the anchorage is not tenable so we decide to give it a miss, yet again, and we ins...
We head towards the Sale River in the hope of checking it out in Peanut. But, the tides our not in our favour and bad weather is coming so we decide to abort.
We move around quite a bit and end up spending the night at Raft Point.
Then, we head off north...
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We arrive at an anchorage off Murrara Island and take Peanut out for a recce to find a suitable beach for a camp oven roast.
After much searching, we find a picturesque tiny beach.
We take everything ashore that we will need for our roast and go about co...
We've been trying to decide what our next adventure will be.
Magnus has been looking at various options for either buying a trailerable houseboat or building one.
Well, only a few short weeks ago we found this…
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Until next time…...
We leave the mainland and sail out to the many nearby islands.
There are turtle tracks everywhere! We eventually go ashore on one of the most northern beaches and set up a position away from a turtle to film her.
But, she decides to turn around and comes...
We explore various islands and then make our way back to the mainland to search for rock art.
We visit many sites and hit a jackpot at one of them. It’s tucked away in a beautiful area. We find many Bradshaw rock art paintings.
We continue to search fo...
We continue to explore our surroundings trying to find the elusive Aboriginal rock art sites.
Magnus looks everywhere!
He does find a load of huge oysters which he cooks up in batter on the beach for breakfast.
We head into shore for a big beef brisket ...
We continue our exploration of the coast, poking into anchorages.
We find stunning crystals within easy reach on the beach. We were not expecting it to be so easy to find them!
We head around Cape Bougainville and also Cape Londonderry and eventually en...
We continue our exploration of the coast, poking into anchorages.
We find stunning crystals within easy reach on the beach. We were not expecting it to be so easy to find them!
We head around Cape Bougainville and also Cape Londonderry and eventually en...
Magnus cleans up a batch of old solar panels. We pick up last-minute supplies and load the car.
It’s finally time to go!
We leave Airlie Beach and begin the fourteen-hour drive south to the Gold Coast and our new home on the water.
Once we arrive, we ...
Magnus finishes a few boat jobs before we leave Hope Island Marina for a short shakedown cruise around the corner to Santa Barbara boat ramp.
There are so many jobs to do. Magnus works on the solar chargers, solar panels, toilet, fuel lines, fenders and m...
We move around the Broadwater and Pimpama River, testing Nutshell’s systems.
The Boat Works chandlery is nearby, which is handy because we need to keep picking up parts for various boat jobs. Magnus continues to work on the toilet, but we won’t mentio...
After a terrible night with a huge storm everything is calm again and we leave our anchorage and head towards Millionaires Row which is very beautiful.
Magnus tries to follow some of the electrical cables from the helm station up to the flybridge. It’s ...
This week is all about power and sorting out Nutshell’s systems. Her wiring is in need of TLC. We buy a state-of-the-art Victron Multiplus II GX inverter and get ready to install our lithium batteries.
Magnus tackles the deck cupboard, clearing out a lo...
The power focus continues. Magnus installs the Victron gear and all is good on Nutshell.
We explore some very shallow anchorages and manage to make our way into the Bedroom. It’s a tight squeeze.
We also finally get to see Nutshell’s bottom and find ...
We go in search of a place to dry out to assess the damage from the transducer being ripped off the boat.
After a few attempts, we finally manage to land Nutshell. Magnus investigates the damage and finds a hole in the hull! He makes the repairs and reatt...
The weather is getting worse and we try to make our way onward, but we have to turn back and anchor up.
Magnus notices there is a major leak at the helm station and so goes about investigating. The windscreen isn’t actually attached! We add that to our ...
It’s time to tackle the damage caused by the roof leak in the master cabin.
We both remove the old carpet and floor sheeting. After seeing how mouldy and rotten the underfloor timbers are, we have to replace a great deal of the wood.
We start grinding ...
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