This is part of a series called Oceania 2025 Today, we took a break from the Kimberley Coast to head out to Ashmore Reef, an uninhabited grouping of four low-lying islands at the edge of the continental shelf. It’s actually closer to Indonesia that it is to Australia. Today, it is a nature reserve, but…
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This is part of a series called Oceania 2025 Today, we visited the Hunter River, supposedly one of the most spectacular rivers along the Kimberley Coast and it’s hard to argue that point — especially given that it is said to have the highest proportion of saltwater crocodiles of any river in the Kimberley! And…
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This is part of a series called Oceania 2025 Another incredible day. Our first stop was Montgomery Reef. At 154 sq. mi. in size, it’s the world’s largest inshore reef, surrounding Montgomery (or Yawajaba) Island. It’s almost like another horizontal waterfall. At low tide, the reef is a panorama of vast lagoons, tiny sandstone islets…
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This is part of a series called Oceania 2025 We arrived in Talbot Bay at about 4:00 am in order to be there at high tide. Why, you say? It’s because today we were here to visit the Horizontal Waterfalls, a natural phenomenon that occurs when seawater rushes through a couple of short and narrow…
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This is part of a series called Oceania 2025 We left Broome to begin our cruise and, after a quiet night at sea, we arrived at the Lacepede Islands Nature Reserve, located about 75 miles north of Broome. There are actually four islands here that are all low-lying atolls of coarse sand and limestone, all…
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This is part of a series called Oceania 2025 Our last stop before starting our cruise was in Broome, WA. The temperature was at least 20 degrees warmer and the humidity also ticked up a bit, but it felt good after feeling cold for the past week! We had been to Broome before (back in…
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This is part of a series called Oceania 2025 On our final day, we visited Rottnest Island (or Wadjemup as it is known by the Aborigines, which means “place across the water where the spirits are”). Just 12 miles off the coast of Fremantle, it’s about 7 miles long and 3 miles across at its…
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This is part of a series called Oceania 2025 While really enjoying Fremantle, we really wanted to go down to visit Margaret River, about 150 miles to the south. Margaret River is famous for both its wines and a world famous surfing location. We were ready for the former, but not so much the latter….
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This is part of a series called Oceania 2025 So, we are at the start of another adventure; this time a nearly 2-month trip across Oceania. Many of these places we have wanted to visit for a long time; some of the places have meaning for Deb and me because they are where our fathers…
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This is part of a series called Chile from the Sea To paraphrase an old saying, “Into every trip some rain must fall.” Today we got that, both figuratively and literally. Today we arrived in Valdivia, known as the “Venice of Chile” because of the myriad of rivers that meet there. While traditionally settled by…
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