Monthly Archives: May 2024

An early start again for our last day of exploration, 6.30am breakfast and we headed out at 7:15am We got the second Explorer off the boat to head up the King George River to see the Oomai (King George Falls). … Continue reading →

Today we visited Banjal, or Vansittart Bay – Jar Island & the Anjo Peninsula Deb stayed on-board this morning and I took the second Explorer for the morning adventure. There were 2 explorers from the Coral Explorer in the water … Continue reading →

A late breakfast today ……. 7:30am. We had Ian, the resident geologist guest lecturer join us for breakfast, he said we were elusive and wanted the opportunity to catch up with us. He is aiming for either a lunch or … Continue reading →

Mitchell Falls Day. Yay!!! Sleep-in Day. YAY!!! We managed to get down to breakfast at about 7:45am, the room was pretty empty, which was nice. After breakfast we stood on our balcony and watched a couple of helicopters take-off from … Continue reading →

Hi all, the internet connection on-board our boat is tricky, seems it doesn’t like uploading larger files. I will update our blog when I have time either in Darwin or (spoiler alert) Bali. Done Big day today. We were up … Continue reading →

We started our day on Doubtful Sound an early start! The Explorers were left at 7am. We cruised around Ngumbree (Raft Point) and Steep Island and had a beach landing on the mainland at Umburi Beach, Raft Point. We had … Continue reading →

Early start today, 6:30am breakfast, we’re up around 6am. It was still dark, so we took the opportunity to go out on our balcony a look at the night sky. So many stars, and the Milky Way. As the sun … Continue reading →

We started our day early, 7am breakfast, I mean, come on we are on holidays! But when you have to work with the tides, I guess that what it takes. And it was definitely worth it. This morning we went … Continue reading →

The thing about expedition cruising is you have to be flexible, things don’t always go to plan, but you adapt. Today’s schedule was all about The Lacepede Islands at the right time of day for the tides. The first Expedition … Continue reading →

Yup, you guessed it, another lazy morning. We really didn’t do anything much other than finish packing and laze around. The porter came by at about 11:10am, picked up our bags and us and drove us to reception. We picked … Continue reading →