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Ep 274 | Big Pantry Makeover and New Stainless Lifelines, Darwin, Sailing Nutshell
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 ...
Ep 273 | There’s a Cyclone Coming! Darwin, Sailing Nutshell
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 ...
Ep 271 | We Made it to Darwin! Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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...
Ep 270 | Amazing Natural Phenomenon, Coral in Popham Creek, Sailing Nutshell
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 ...
Ep 269 | Up the Creeks, Caiman and Alaru, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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...
Ep 268 | Eerie Ruins at Victoria Settlement, British Garrison Abandoned in 1849, Australia
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...
Ep 267 | Searching for Fort Wellington, Abandoned British Military Outpost, Raffles Bay, Australia
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...
Ep 266 | A Very Close Encounter With a Crocodile, McClure Island, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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...
Ep 265 | Shallow Water, Rocks and Narrow Passages, Wessel Islands, Sailing Nutshell, Australia
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...
Real Time Update from Wyndham
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 wanted to update you all with what we have been up to recently and how we will get our vlogs to you...
Ep 254 | Making our Mizzen Stack Pack, Seisia, Sailing Nutshell
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 fabric for the mizzen stack pack. There isn’t enough room on Nutshell to do it easily so we use a ...
New York, London, Paris, Badu! – Free Range Sailing Ep 44
The people you meet are a big part of travelling so in this episode, we introduce more of the Artists of Badu, in the remote islands of the Torres Strait. Their art combines many elements to tell stories of their past and present interaction with the natu...