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Ep 366 | Let’s Talk About Power in the Nutshell Nuthouse
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Ep 366 | Let’s Talk About Power in the Nutshell Nuthouse

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 load of useless stuff, including a large generat...
Ep 365 | Rat’s Nests & Interesting Creatures, Cruising Kangaroo Island, Nutshell Nuthouse
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Ep 365 | Rat’s Nests & Interesting Creatures, Cruising Kangaroo Island, Nutshell Nuthouse

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 tricky because there are cables everywhere, no...
Ep 364 | Nutshell’s Broadwater & Pimpama River Journey | Boat Work & Sandbar Exploration
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Ep 364 | Nutshell’s Broadwater & Pimpama River Journey | Boat Work & Sandbar Exploration

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 mention that. Nutshell gets new stickers with The Boa...
Ep 363 | Nutshell’s Shakedown Cruise: Setting Off for the First Time
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Ep 363 | Nutshell’s Shakedown Cruise: Setting Off for the First Time

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 more. It’s a busy time. We start to get to k...
Ep 362 | It’s TIME: We Finally MOVE Onto the New Nutshell, Life in a Nutshell
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Ep 362 | It’s TIME: We Finally MOVE Onto the New Nutshell, Life in a Nutshell

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 unload the car and, after a very long first da...
Ep 361 | Our FINAL VOYAGE on Nutshell: The Last Sail Before We SELL HER
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Ep 361 | Our FINAL VOYAGE on Nutshell: The Last Sail Before We SELL HER

We set off on our final journey aboard Nutshell, sailing down the spectacular Berkeley River, spotting crocodiles and filling our water supply from a hidden creek before making our way to Crab Craw Island. This episode follows our last sail into Darwin for clearance and the emotional end of an unfor...
Ep 360 | Crystal HUNTING and BERKELEY River Return, Life in a Nutshell Kimberley Adventures
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Ep 360 | Crystal HUNTING and BERKELEY River Return, Life in a Nutshell Kimberley Adventures

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 end up a the entrance to the Berkeley River. ...
Ep 359 | EPIC SEARCH Ends with Amazing Art, Kimberley, Sailing Nutshell
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Ep 359 | EPIC SEARCH Ends with Amazing Art, Kimberley, Sailing Nutshell

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 cook in the camp oven. It’s very hot and we ...
Ep 358 | ISLAND HOPPING and Searching for Aboriginal Rock Art Paintings, Kimberley, Sailing Nutshell
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Ep 358 | ISLAND HOPPING and Searching for Aboriginal Rock Art Paintings, Kimberley, Sailing Nutshell

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 for more art. It’s interesting just poking aroun...
Ep 357 | Extraordinary Encounter With a Nesting Turtle, Kimberley, Sailing Nutshell
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Ep 357 | Extraordinary Encounter With a Nesting Turtle, Kimberley, Sailing Nutshell

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 straight at us. What to do! Magnus sits sti...
Real Time Update: We Bought a Boat!
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Real Time Update: We Bought a Boat!

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… Thanks for watching. Until next time… Wendy and Magnus —— Where are we now: ...
Ep 356 | Camp Oven Pork Roast on a Tiny Beach, Murrara Island, Sailing Nutshell, Kimberley
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Ep 356 | Camp Oven Pork Roast on a Tiny Beach, Murrara Island, Sailing Nutshell, Kimberley

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 collecting firewood for the beach cook. Many ...
Ep 355 | Cooking a Chicken Bush-Cook Style, Hunter River, Sailing Nutshell, Kimberley
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Ep 355 | Cooking a Chicken Bush-Cook Style, Hunter River, Sailing Nutshell, Kimberley

Join us as we embark on an exciting adventure at Ivy Cove Beach in Australia's Kimberley region, where we'll be cooking up a mouth-watering chicken using the bush-style method. Prepare yourself for breathtaking scenery and delicious food!
Ep 354 | An Old Pearl Processing Plant and Humongous Oysters! Kimberley, Sailing Nutshell
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Ep 354 | An Old Pearl Processing Plant and Humongous Oysters! Kimberley, Sailing Nutshell

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 and check out Langii Gorge at low tide. We ...
Ep 353 | Can We KEEP IT? Superb BARRA Fishing at Red Cone Bay, Kimberley, Sailing Nutshell
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Ep 353 | Can We KEEP IT? Superb BARRA Fishing at Red Cone Bay, Kimberley, Sailing Nutshell

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 instead make our way to Sapphire Falls. This are...
Ep 352 | Are These Really EDIBLE! Sailing Nutshell, Kimberley
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Ep 352 | Are These Really EDIBLE! Sailing Nutshell, Kimberley

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 rocks when he goes to collect oysters. Find out wha...
Ep 351 | Back in the HOLE at Crocodile Creek, Sailing Nutshell, Kimberley
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Ep 351 | Back in the HOLE at Crocodile Creek, Sailing Nutshell, Kimberley

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 Creek and Magnus discusses how we go about safe...
Ep 350 | KANGAROO Guinness Stew FIRE COOK at Remote Camp, Sailing Nutshell, Kimberley
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Ep 350 | KANGAROO Guinness Stew FIRE COOK at Remote Camp, Sailing Nutshell, Kimberley

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 the rocks! Thanks for watching. Until next...
Ep 349 | How we COLLECT WATER in Remote Locations, Sailing Nutshell, Kimberley
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Ep 349 | How we COLLECT WATER in Remote Locations, Sailing Nutshell, Kimberley

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 farm and hoping to catch a barramundi which m...
Ep 348 | Camp OVEN ROAST on a Beach in the Middle of Nowhere! Sailing Nutshell, Kimberley
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Ep 348 | Camp OVEN ROAST on a Beach in the Middle of Nowhere! Sailing Nutshell, Kimberley

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 mangroves which must be ancient! Magnus gets...
Ep 347 | LAST Minute JOBS and We’re Outta Here! Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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Ep 347 | LAST Minute JOBS and We’re Outta Here! Sailing Nutshell, Australia

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. Magnus installs the lithium batteries and ...
Ep 346 | PIMPING Peanut, Broome, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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Ep 346 | PIMPING Peanut, Broome, Sailing Nutshell, Australia

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 to get things in by freight and people don’t tend t...
Ep 345 | Our SADDEST Day Afloat, Sailing Nutshell
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Ep 345 | Our SADDEST Day Afloat, Sailing Nutshell

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 quite a few days at sea we finally get to Broom...
Ep 344 | Can We SAVE Her! Sailing Nutshell
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Ep 344 | Can We SAVE Her! Sailing Nutshell

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 everything sorted before our Indonesian visas w...
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