Magnus begins the task of fixing the holes in the bowsprit with epoxy.
We go ashore in search of the many petroglyphs which are in this area.
Magnus splices a new anchor rode to replace the 500 feet of chain which is now at the bottom of the ocean, with ...
We head to shore to sort out the broken shaft and catch up on provisioning.
Peanut gets a bit of TLC with a new ‘bumper’ and good cleanup.
Friends arrive onboard and we leave Broome and head south on our way to Dampier.
Whales are everywhere. We ca...
After finally managing to make it through Whirlpool Pass we tuck into a bay at Dunvert island, just on the other side and have a well earned rest.
The next day Magnus looks at all of our options and we decide that the best thing to do is to head out to se...
We leave Crocodile Creek for the final time and make our way to Cockatoo Island and a drink on the wood at the Iron Ore Bar.
We make our way to Coppermine Creek to collect oysters and check out a beautiful blue hole just down the creek. It’s a magical...
We leave Deception Bay and make our way to Langii Gorge. It’s a difficult place to visit because you can’t get all of the tides in your favour, so we head in at high tide to see the rock formations. An advantage to going in at this time is that we are ...
We explore various Aboriginal rock art sites and find many beautiful and very old paintings.
The rock formations are quite unbelievable and we take a good look around in Peanut.
We find a giant snake, jelly fish, people, dancing people, Wandjina art and ...
We spend a great deal of time exploring our surrounds in Peanut. There’s just so much to see. We find plenty of Aboriginal rock art paintings, especially the well known Four Men in a Canoe one. It’s much smaller than we thought it would be.
We also c...
We leave No Name Island anchorage and gently make our way south the Palm Island.
We head off in Peanut to explore our surrounds and find the Five Men in a Canoe Aboriginal rock art painting and many more.
We head into shore and set up a hose to collect ...
We head ashore in Peanut to check out the Aboriginal rock at at Art Creek. It’s worth the hike up the rocks as the art is amazing!
We explore some more and Magnus does ashore to check out a freshwater spring.
We’ve got friends coming and we need to e...
This episode is full of caves and Aboriginal art.
We leave Rainforest Ravine and make our way south to No Name Caves. The network of caves is amazing and there are plenty of large oysters on the beach to collect.
We continue our journey to Angereau Islan...
We leave the Prince Regent River and head towards Cape Brewster and Bat Island.
The whirlpools and tides are wild!
We explore Careening Bay and the famous Phillip Parker King Mermaid boat and also the Ivy Bay boab tree.
Finally, we explore Rainforest Ra...
We leave South Hanover Bay and work our way to the Prince Regent River. There are many hazards on the way including whirlpools, narrow passages, huge tides, rocks, sand bars and punter boats!
We spend the night in Purulba Creek and take a look around the ...
We leave Sampson Inlet and make our way to Sheep Island and the sadly abandoned Camden Settlement.
We explore Sheep Island and also the settlement before sailing north again to Hanover Bay South.
Oh, and the gas alarm goes off! But, why?
Thanks for watc...
In this episode we leave Red Cone Creek and head south to Four Finger Creek with it’s majestic mangroves. We take Peanut down the many creeks and find plenty of crocodiles!
We leave Four Finger Creek and head north to Raft Point for the night to hopeful...
As we are leaving the Horizontal Falls we notice a tender chasing after us!
We make our way to Kingfisher Island which is a central point on the way to Doubtful Bay.
With a storm coming we quickly leave the Kingfisher Anchorage and head towards Red Cone ...
We leave Dog Leg Creek and work our way through the passage next to Koolan Island. It’s full of treacherous currents and twists and turns.
We then sail south to Dugong Bay with its majestic waterfall and wind our way to the Horizontal Falls. It’s just...
We leave Silver Gull Creek and make our way to the nearby Crocodile Creek using the tides to help us. It’s important to get the timing right to get into the little hole at the top of the creek.
We spend a few days collecting oysters and checking out the...
We leave Silica Beach on Hidden island and make our way to the anchorage at the entrance to Coppermine Creek. This area is known for its oysters and Magnus quickly manages to find a feast of them on the shore.
We then take Nutshell up the creek to anchor ...
We wake early to set sail from La Fontaine Island and down to Swift Bay.
Unfortunately Wendy has a dental issue and we have a huge change of plans and decide to head to Broome to seek medical attention.
Three days and two nights later we arrive in Broome...
We head down the creek in search of the Apartments, a very well known Kimberley rock formation.
It’s an amazing place and we spend time there exploring the ‘corridors’ and checking out the stunning rock art paintings.
Then it’s further up the riv...
We make our way south to the Osborne Islands and go ashore to try and find Magnus’ meter which has been hidden for him at the Arches.
We check out the beautiful cave rock formations and explore a tiny island. We have been told that Makassan pottery is o...
We are quietly minding our own business when Magnus notices that Nutshell is moving… A very large crocodile has Peanut’s painter in its jaws and is dragging us across the anchorage! It’s mayhem on Nutshell for a while whilst Magnus tries to prevent t...
We leave Jar Island and make our way to the site of the DC3 plane wreck. It’s very interesting to take a look around.
Then it’s back on board and a sail to Freshwater Bay. We check out the small waterfall at the creek and easily collect water to wash ...
Maia Cove is a lovely, tranquil anchorage and after catching a few fish we spend the evening on the beach smoking them on the BBQ.
We have heard about wonderful rock art paintings at Pauline Bay so we sail over for the day and spend over an hour trying to...
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