This is part of a series called Oceania 2025 We spent the last 1.5 days in Darwin, Northern Territory to let some passengers off, pick up some new ones, and re-provision. We were sad to see some new friends and expedition team leave but hope to see them again. The last time we were in…
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This is part of a series called Oceania 2025 Today marked the last expedition day of the Australian segment of our cruise and it was a grand one. In this case, we visited the King George River and “waterfalls.” Why the quotes? It’s because while they are the highest twin falls in Australia at 250…
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This is part of a series called Oceania 2025 Today’s expeditions were in one geographic area (Vansittart Bay) but spanned millennia. Our first stop for the day was at Jar Island, the site of some more rock art. This time the style is Gwion Gwion (or Bradshaw) art. To me, this was the most controversial…
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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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