We make our way to Governor Island West and are immediately threatened by an impending storm! Magnus puts out the crab pots.
We then head south to Mission Bay to check out the abandoned Pago Mission and then it’s on to Honeymoon Bay which has a campgrou...
We leave the King George River and make our way around the corner of Kalooma Bay to “Lagoon Bay”. It didn’t have a name so we named it!
We go ashore and spot the resident crocodile in a beautiful lagoon. No swimming for us!
We then head up the coas...
We make our way to the entrance to the King George River and check the tides to cross the bar. It’s a tricky bit of navigation.
We spend a few days in the river checking out the rock formations, Twin Falls, and various other waterfalls and swimming hole...
We check out the two Amphitheatre falls in the Berkeley River and hike up a few boulder-ridden escarpments!
We explore Paul’s Creek with a resident crocodile and also have a bathe in the First Creek swimming holes which are beautiful.
We finally leave ...
Magnus discusses the worst storm that we have ever encountered in an anchorage.
We explore the Berkeley River in Peanut and check out the Casuarina Falls walk.
Magnus makes a new instrument panel and Wendy sews jerry can covers.
We find Aboriginal rock ...
We arrive at Lacrosse Island and check out the beautiful mangroves.
Magnus discusses our solar setup.
We make our way to Wyndham to get fuel and water. We explore the little port and find a lovely museum.
Then it’s back onboard to sail north up to Sti...
We leave the careening poles and head out to sea to put the new engine to the test and to make sure that everything is OK.
Then it’s back to the marina for a couple of nights for last minute boat jobs and to provision Nutshell with fresh produce.
We fi...
This episode is packed full of boat jobs, both big and small.
We are now up on the careening poles at he Dinah Beach Cruising Club. As the tide heads out, we work and as it comes back in we down tools on the outside of Nutshell and do inside jobs instead....
It’s time to leave Tipperary Waters Marina and slowly make our way around the corner to the Dinah Beach Careening Poles. Only one little problem though, the shaft has not arrived for the engine, so we have no power. We are escorted to the poles by a flot...
It’s finally time for Nutshell to get her new engine. With the engine bay now all newly painted and ready, we take Nutshell to the lock, under tender power and meet up with the crane which is going to drop the engine into Nutshell for us.
Everything goe...
We head down to Noonamah to continue with the offsite boat jobs.
Magnus goes over the new Volvo engine to make sure that everything is tickety boo and also checks to see if the new gearbox will fit.
Wendy fits new pool noodles to Peanut.
The engine bay ...
Magnus begins the task of removing all of the old wiring and unnecessary stuff from the engine bay.
We head to Noonamah to do work on Peanut’s captain collars. It’s also time to check if the old gearbox will fit the new Volvo engine.
We have a leak i...
It’s time. Magnus decides that he needs to start disconnecting the engine from Nutshell. It’s a laborious task but he eventually manages to do it.
Then it’s off to the lock towed by three dinghies. It’s a tricky journey with million dollar yachts ...
Wendy empties the pantry yet again and it’s time to begin planning for new shelves to make things store more easily.
Magnus cuts the timber, Wendy paints it all and then Magnus fits the new shelves.
Magnus replaces all of the lifelines in Nutshell’s ...
It’s time make a start on working out what we are going to need to buy for our time in the Kimberley. We are planning on provisioning for 5 months, so that’s a lot of planning and a lot of stuff!
The first step is to empty the pantries, throw out old ...
We build a new bimini for Nutshell. We are constrained by the shrouds and the mizzen mast, so it’s quite difficult to work out where to put it, but we get there in the end.
Magnus cleans the stainless steel on the bowsprit with a miraculous concoction. ...
We leave Alcaro Bay and make our way to Cape Hotham. We check out the nearby creek.
Then it’s the technical sail through the Vernon Islands and on to Darwin.
As soon as we arrive in Darwin we get on a flight to Brisbane and then on to the Whitsundays t...
We head out in Peanut to check out the nearby creek in Popham Bay. We’ve heard that there’s coral in the creek which is really unusual.
With a successfully recce we wake early and head into the network of creeks amongst the mangroves in an attempt to ...
We head over to the opposite shore to Caiman Creek and head up the creek.
Then it’s a short trip north to the Ranger’s Station to get water.
We then sail west around the headland to Trepang Bay and check out the beautiful creek there: Alaru Creek.
W...
We are unable to anchor in the bay next to Victoria Settlement so we anchor in the bay opposite, which is a long tinnie ride, but Peanut is built for it.
At 6am we motor over to the other side of Port Essington and make our way, by foot, to Victoria Settl...
We leave Valentia Island and head through the Bowen Strait and slowly make our way to Raffles Bay in search of Fort Wellington, an early British pioneer settlement.
After a good look around we leave Raffles Bay and float our way around the peninsular to P...
We are slowly making our way west towards Darwin.
We sail to Entrance Island and then continue on to McClure Island where we finally get to One is extremely close!
Thanks for watching.
Until next time.
Wendy and Magnus
Music Credits:
00:01 Jenny By...
It’s finally time to leave Guruliya Bay in the Wessel Islands and head east to the ‘other’ half of the Wessels, or so some people say.
We take refuge in Refuge Bay. It’s pretty ordinary and we only spend one night there.
We make our way to Galiw...
After sailing through the Gulgari Rip we found a safe anchorage close by.
We then make our way further north in the Wessel Islands, checking out the anchorages as we go.
We look for Aboriginal rock art and explore the stunning rock formations along the s...
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