The Adventures of Sailing Yacht Caree
10th July – Anchored in the King George River overlooking the waterfalls. Incredible beauty here. 11th July – Hiked to the top of King George Falls. What a spectacular view. Was well worth the climb. Nice swim. Gathered fresh water and anchored at river mouth. 12th July – Departed King George River at 5am into light winds and […]
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.
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 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 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. […]
I have been asked a few times what we eat on the boat when in the middle of nowhere. Luckily Caree has a huge amount of storage, a big fridge / freezer and a smaller fridge so we can take a lot of food with us. We also catch fish. Our first catch was about […]
The sail across the gulf started nicely after pulling anchor and heading out through the channel towards the Gulf of Carpentaria. Later that afternoon the last of the land slipped from the horizon. That would be the last time we would see land for 3 days. The autopilot clutch had given out before reaching Horn […]
