This blog’s themes will often aim to ground the day and the mindful contemplation of what has been experienced in terms of gratitude, kindness and joy. This day epitomised each of those feelings as we were most fortunate to be collected, guided, accommodated and fed but two very special young…
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Just docking in Geraldton now, local time around 07:20. Weather cooler but still fine. Calm seas overnight. Look forward to a short trip to town and last night tonight on-board. Of course, we are now back online, connected, on the Internet, able to use mobiles and load blog content. Now…
Cruising is certainly an indulgence and it can be so relaxing. Further, as mentioned on several previous occasions, it affords us the opportunity to observe not just amazing sun rises and sets, but to appreciate the wonder of this twice daily occurrence, at least at our usual latitudes. Perhaps this…
Today has been day one of two further days of sailing before we arrive in our second last port of Geraldton. We were largely on a westerly setting as we left Broome last evening while an hour or two prior to today’s sunset, we have set course in a more…
Woke early as I had the benefit of our clock going back to be officially on WA time. So got busy on my blog but frustrated by slow response times and drop outs. Certainly a first world problem that is no big deal. Anyway, we persist, and find a way….
Sadly I have no picture (no adequate camera at least) but I was woken in the dark of night with a beautiful scene of the half-moon shining into our room and providing a gorgeous moon-shine across the water, shimmering and so surreal in the solitude of night. That was a…
After leaving Darwin the evening before, we have spent the day sailing through the Timor Sea. Slight seas as opposed to smooth, but very comfortable. Weather fine. I could say a slow news day but more a day to relax, read, go to the gym, and yes, eat (more). It…
Approaching from the north now floating on the beautiful calm turquoise water. Reasonably shallow so we proceed slowly, as we have done for past hours as we navigated a channel between some of the larger NT islands to the north of Darwin. Weather is warm, blue skies and likely to…
A very quiet and calm day cruising across the Gulf of Carpentaria, in the Arafura Sea. Not much to report today. Just too much time to contemplate the many desserts, decide where to read a book, yes we did both get to the gym, and of course, for those Aussies…
Pardon my strange humour but there is often something amusing about ambiguity. Not sure what they are called. Homonyms come to mind but I believe they can be like bank and bank. Meanwhile our most recent day at sea has been on the inside passage of the GBR so mostly…