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With our anchor windlass working like new, we set off from Port Geographe marina for the second time. We waved goodbye to Steve, shouting out that hopefully we won’t be back!!! We had a nice sail across Geographe Bay until the winds reached 25 to 30 knots just as we were approaching Eagle Bay. GrabbingContinue reading “Finally Heading East – Around the South West Corner to Albany”

We spent the month of December slowly hopping down the south west coast of Western Australia. It was a strange time for us. We were both feeling a bit out of sorts. It had become clear that we weren’t going to be able to go back to Melbourne for Christmas with our families. Well, weContinue reading “Hopping Down the South West Coast”

We decided that it was time for a change of scenery. Somewhere that wasn’t near the ocean. Ideally we would have popped home to Melbourne for a visit with family and friends, but we were not confident that we’d be let back in to the state. The WA Premier has been notoriously trigger happy withContinue reading “Time for a Change of Scenery – Inland Road Trip”

Fremantle is just over two hundred nautical miles south of Geraldton. Reaching Fremantle would be a big milestone for us, meaning we had conquered most of the west coast and we had promised ourselves that we would stop there for several weeks and enjoy some time on land. I couldn’t wait. But first we hadContinue reading “Fremantle and Perth”

After our dramatic entrance into Geraldton marina we feared we might be here to stay for a while. Brian and Sandra said they’d stick with us until we could get the engine running again, so it seemed we all had some time to kill in Geraldton. We booked a hire car for some road trips,Continue reading “Exploring In and Around Geraldton”

We had been in Shark Bay for 10 days now, and although there were some very beautiful places here, we were ready to move on. The wind had blown incessantly and there were few sheltered anchorages. In fact, we needed to move on, with the weather predicted to get only stronger and more relentless. OurContinue reading “Drama on the way to Geraldton”

It was time to leave the Ningaloo Reef and head down to the next part of the coastline, Shark Bay. I didn’t feel ‘done’ with Ningaloo Reef, but time was ticking; it was mid October and the strong southerly winds would only be getting stronger and more relentless. The forecast showed a little window ofContinue reading “Shark Bay: Monkey Mia, Cape Peron, Denham and Dirk Hartog Island”

Exmouth. Ningaloo Reef. Places that have long been on my bucket list. And we were finally there. I was beyond excited! Exmouth also felt like it marked a bit of a milestone for us on this trip; we were finally heading south down the coast of WA and would be heading into more populated areasContinue reading “Exmouth and Ningaloo Reef”

We departed the Montebellos mid morning, prepared for an overnight passage of about 20 hours. Brian and Sandra were heading straight to Exmouth marina, but we were going to stop at a little island on the way. I had read that sea turtles nest on Serrier Island, at about this time of year, and wasContinue reading “Turtle Tango on Serrier Island”

The Montebello Islands or the Monties, as the locals call them, are a group of over 100 low-lying islands and islets, surrounded by 58,000 hectares of ocean and fringed by coral reefs. They were named by French navigator, Nicolas Baudin, in 1801 after the battle of Montebello, where the victorious French General Lannes (later theContinue reading “The Montebello Islands”