Our anchorage in Frances Bay Darwin
Moorage in Darwin. There is only 1 high tide a day here and it falls by 20′ making for a long slog through the mud back to the water
Darwin Cianan dragging the diesel through the mud to the water
Darwin Resupply of food for the Indian ocean crossing.
Out of Darwin Light winds and calm seas
A pod of dolphins joined us
They sprayed me!
It’s like Santa’s sleigh, with dolphins. We need some harnesses for them
About 15 minutes after the dolphins left two orcas showed up and swam alongside the boat for a bit
Orcas
Glassy calm
Sunset over a glassy sea. Timor sea, Indian ocean
Fixing our autohelm tiller pilot for the 6th time
Ashmore Reef Callum towing the dinghy through the shallows to west island. We saw lots of rays here, some as large as the dinghy
Ashmore Reef The freshwater pump Unfortunately it was dry
Very large sea turtle tracks
A shipwreck on west island. Looks like it burnt
Indonesian fishing boats
Borderforce moored next to Saumure. Note the blue undersides of the clouds
Treats from a borderforce vessel, fresh out of the fridge. Ashmore Reef
Sunset leaving Ashmore reef for Cocos Keeling