Caree – 3 Part Feature Video of the Adventure
Hope you have fun watching, we certainly enjoyed making the memories. Mark, Paul, Keith, Andy, Gus, Karcha, Nadja and Jens. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Author: Mark Ballard
Fremantle
After two days in the Batavia Marina in Geraldton we had a weather window and decided to head South for the 217 nautical mile or just over 400 kilometre sail to Fremantle. We departed at 7:30am on the 15th August 2018 and headed out through the marina entrance.With the marina breakwater being parallel to the […]
Geraldton
The plan was to sail South through the shallows of Shark Bay overnight to the South Passage between Steep Point and Dirk Hartog Island, however with forecast swells of 3-5 metres, we sought out some local knowledge from the fishing tackle store. They confirmed that the South Passage would have breaking waves with the forecast […]
Carnarvon
We finally departed Exmouth Monday 6th August for the 220 nautical mile sail to Carnarvon with a stop over in Norwegian Bay if the weather allowed (Unfortunately there were huge breakers pounding in as we passed Norwegian Bay). The weather was nice and calm, we enjoyed a nice downwind sail to the Cape and around. […]
The Magic Montebello Islands
Montebello Islands are about 70 nautical miles West of Dampier. With full fuel, water and bellies we departed Dampier for the overnight sail to the 170 plus islands of the Montebello Group. We had a great motor sail out of the channel keeping an eye out for the tugs and barges servicing Barrow Island […]
Goodbye Darwin
This morning we departed Darwin. Great place to visit in the dry season. We are now headed for King George River on the other side of the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf. Seas are flat with no wind. The journey should take us about 48 hours.
Lizard Island Clam Garden
While on our visit to Lizard Island Andy and I came across a young couple having a drink on the beach while recording a time lapse of the sunset. We struck up a conversation and they asked us if we had snorkeled the Clam Garden. I had read about the Clam Garden in Cruising The […]
The Hole In The Wall – Gugari Rip
The Hole In The Wall or Gugari Rip, as it is also known, is a dead straight channel between Guluwuru Island and Raragala Island of the Wessel Islands Group. Located in the remote waters of the Arafura Sea between the Northern Territory and Papua New Guinia. It looks like a meteorite glanced through here many […]
Gove to Darwin
Gove to Darwin was to be a big one, The Hole in the Wall flows at up to 12 knots so if I judged the time incorrectly it could be catastrophic, crossing Van Diemen Gulf was another long two day and one or two night trip, then the currents around Darwin would come into play. […]