Author Archives: Greg

Greg and Deb’s Circumnavigation of Australia Day 29. Port Douglas Day 1. 6 June. We landed in Cairns at 6am, but we couldn’t get our hire car until 8am, so there was no rush. It took a little time for … Continue reading →

Bali 29 May to 5 June Bali Day 1 We were through immigration in almost no time, I had a little speed bump to negotiate! I had made a mistake on my e-visa, somehow my birthday showed up on the … Continue reading →

Our final Day on-board We woke around 6:30am and saw land!!!……um, Darwin! We finished our last bit of packing, put our bags out for collection and went down to our last meal on-board the Geographer at around 7am. A couple … 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 →

The lazy days keep rolling on. Happy birthday to E, Deb’s mum, we gave her a call and she sounded full of the joys of life. We had a very lazy morning, we just laid around and read. At 8.30am … Continue reading →