Category Archives: Australian Holidays

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 →

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 →