Upon arriving at Pobassoo island we head ashore to check it out. We have never seen such amazing rock formations. It’s hard to make progress along the beach ...

We leave Gove and sail our way north to Elizabeth Bay. The weather is pretty bad so we are stuck in the bay for quite a few days. Once the wind has died down ...

We are at the small town of Wyndham at the edge of the Kimberley in northern Australia. We are about to head into the wilderness for about 5–6 months and ...

We arrive at Rat's Cove on Angarumurada Island just off the coast of Groote Eylandt. It’s a magical place and we spend quite a few days there. The rock ...

After we receive our second COVID shots, it’s finally time to leave Weipa and head west. We do the final preparations for the off and set sail across the Gulf ...

Magnus continues the task of fitting the in-hull transducer by cutting out an access hole in the settee. With the cutting tools out he also adds another ...

We take a look around Weipa in search of a new water pump which is pretty hard to find. Magnus replaces the battery in Wendy’s laptop. Magnus makes a start ...

We spend the night at Mapoon and Magnus services the mainsail winch. We head off early to the Pennefather River and Magnus checks out the bar in Peanut. ...

We take Peanut across the dodgy waters to Thursday Island to do a bus tour. We head up to Green Hill and wander around the guns and check out the war items in ...

It’s back to the shore to measure up for the Mainsail stack pack. It’s much quicker this time as we have already made the mizzen stack pack. Then it’s back to ...

We’ve made it to Seisia and go ashore in Peanut, to the Loyalty Beach Caravan Park, to pick up our spinnaker sock., finally! We measure and mark out the ...

Magnus continues to demonstrate how to make an antenna which he started in the last episode. We have a long sail to the Escape River and then make a very ...

We leave Portland Roads and get ready for three ‘big’ days of sailing on our way to Seisha. The gearbox is failing, yet again, so we are gingerly making our ...

After exploring the stunning Aboriginal rock art on Stanley Island we set off to take a peek at the camping area. The available facilities are great but the ...

After the lovely sail through the Owen Channel we decide to anchor for the night. The wind is howling. But, disaster strikes when Magnus tries to furl the ...

It’s time to convert Nutshell’s American power points to something a little more useful. We have decided to change a few of the sockets to Australian. But, our ...

We sail to Hope Island and go ashore to have a look around. The beach is covered with plastic pollution. We have a go at beach cricket and return to ...

We head out on Peanut to check on the mud nets which Magnus has set. Wow! We are lucky to catch quite a few crabs, the first time for many months. Wendy makes ...

We finally make it to Cairns after days of sailing up the coast with no main engine power. It’s a relief to arrive safely. Magnus quickly gets on to the task ...

We slowly sail our way up to Cairns. We reject the Russell Island anchorage because it is just too rolly and continue north to a safer one at Normanby Island. ...

With no engine we are slaves to the wind, or lack of it! We end up waiting at Dunk Island for quite a while until the wind finally picks up… a little. We ...

We leave the Hinchinbrook Channel and stop off at the local IGA to pick up supplies for the next few days. But it has not been without drama… whilst in the ...

Almost three years ago we bought a Sailrite LSZ-1 Ultrafeed Walking Foot sewing machine. We felt that we needed a machine for safety in case we had to sew ...

We decide to change our anchorage and putt around the corner to another creek in the Hinchinbrook Channel. We take Peanut out to have a look around and ...