We started an epic 10 day trip to the remote KIMBERLY AREA on the CORAL GEOGRAPHER, leaving from Darwin and heading for Broome, with many stops on the way.
After an overnight trip on the boat, the first excursion was to the KING GEORGE RIVER and waterfalls...the tides in this area are enormous and dangerous... 6 to 8 meters is typical, so all excursions had to carefully planned...
Day 2... KING GEORGE RIVER & FALLS (Oomari Falls)....
Day 3... ANJO PENINSULA/ VANSITTART BAY (Banjal) ...
C 53 Wreck on Anjo Peninsula ...
North Jar Island ...
Gwien Rock Art (North Jar Island Island)...
Evening ...
Day 4 ... WOLLASTEN & WINYALKAN ISLANDS ...
Wallaston Island (Wattle Beach)...
Hermit Crab tracks in the sand ...
Winyalkin Island ...
DAY 5 ... HUNTER RIVER (Yirinni) / PRINCE FREDERICK HARBOUR
Hunter River (Yirinni)...
Prince Frederick Harbour (Thor's Hammer)...
Large quartz deposit at the base of Thor's hammer ...
Prince Frederick Harbour ...
Naturalists Island ...
DAY 6 ...CAREENING BAY (Wunbung-gu) & KING CASCADE WATERFALL ...
Early morning ...
Careening Bay (Wunbung-gu)...
Prince Regent River...
King Cascade Waterfall (Mumbulada)....
Prince River (Return to boat) ...
Late afternoon ...
DAY 7 ... CAMDEN HARBOUR & SHEEP ISLAND ...
Early morning ...
Camden Harbour ... Prior Inlet ...
Remains of a failed settlement ...
Sheep Island ...
FRESHWATER COVE (Wijingarra Bard Bard) ...
Evening ...
DAY 8...MONTGOMERY REEF (Yowjab), RAFF POINT (Ngumbree) & STEEP ISLAND...
Montgomery Reef emerging as the tide drops...
Raft Point ...
Steep Island ...
DAY 9 ... TALBOT BAY (Ganbadba) & HORIZONTAL FALLS ...
Talbot Bay (early morning)
Talbot Bay (Horizontal Waterfalls)...
Talbot Bay Tour ...
DAY 10... EDELINE ISLANDS ...
Early morning ...
Edeline Islands ...
Last sunset...
THE CORAL GEOGRAPHER ...
The Coral Geographer is a spectacularly modern ship with very sophisticated facilities, including onboard sewage and food waste processing... all drinking and other water is processed (by osmosis) sea water... Here are a few pics of life on the boat ...
BROOME... A couple of days in Broome before returning home...
Broome Cemetery ... A lot of history here ...
Broome township...
