Blogs from Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

We left Kalbarri on another sunny day with the temperature starting at 33°C and rising eventually to 41°C. We were in our element! I chatted briefly with the owner of the accommodation and he told me that he had recently toured Scotland with his wife and couldn't wait to go again, they loved it so much. The grass is always greener, huh? Australasia is full of creatures that don't feature much, if at all, anywhere else on the planet. I'm thinking of koalas, kangaroos, wombats, etc, though there'll be plenty of other things that aren't quite so symbolic, I'm sure. Last time we visited Australia we were there for two months and the only time we saw a kangaroo was in a wildlife park, so not quite the same as in the wild. Our mission on ... read more

Tuesday 27th - Wednesday 28th October 2015 Towards midnight the water deepened and the wind dropped, making it more comfortable for the crew trying to sleep. Rags spent the last 2 hours before his 0300 – 0600hrs watch sleeping on the couch in the flybridge able to sleep deeply as he knew he would be woken up on time. During his watch he had lightning in the distance and squalls of rain, to keep him occupied. He also had a couple of ships on the radar to watch, the one coming at him eventually crossing our route well ahead of us, the other, which we later identified as True North, sitting on our stern about 3 nm away, where it sat for the next 24 hours. Morning brought smoother seas, but all of us were glad ... read more

We left carnavon on the 11th sep 2013 , heading north with good southerly winds. along the coast. Decided to have a stop over at coral bay for a sleep before a couple of weeks at sea. lucky we did - water pump decided to spit the dummy- lucky really graeme is so handy and fixed it, with a few not so nice word's. After a couple of hours we where good to go, still along the coast , till just before north west cape it was time to turn of towards cocos keeling. We ask each other if we really going to do this, rather nerve wracking since we both never sailed in the blue ocean. Once turning off there was no way back, wind is only coming from one direction and we were going ... read more

“Yeah Mate, She’s Beaut on the Quobba” Says Jimmy, beer in his hand, dreadlocks and beard. His two Jack Russels squabble over the green ball I’ve just thrown for them, as their owner tells us about how he will have to go back to work pretty soon. He spends six months here and the other six driving a dump truck. He loves the fishin' We’ve been out here on “The Quobba” as the locals call it for a week. We are 75 kilometres north of Carnarvon when we arrive at The Blowholes, and Quobba Station. On the way there are goats, cattle and an odd emu or two lumbers away from the ege of the road. The goats run like the wind, their kids straggling on behind. We find a little camping village where people have ... read more

We pull into Carnarvon, the town that supplies a majority of Western Australia’s fruit and vegetables. This was a great place to clean up and stock up on supplies. It was amazing to drive around and see the vast fruit and vegetable plantations as far as the eye could see. The park had a jumping castle setup also! Fuel, food, beer, wine, bait...check. Now to the Bluff...yeah baby!... read more