L’Austral arrives back in Darwin around 7 am, with the first group of passengers from the Kimberley expedition due to disembark at 8:30 am. All continuing passengers (about 25 people) must be back on board […]
Today is the last day of the Kimberley portion of this trip, and the morning is spent at Koolama Bay. Formerly known as Rulhieres Bay, it was renamed Koolama Bay after the State Ship (SS) […]
Today’s visit to the King George River offers a full program of activities – a 6 hour zodiac cruise and hike to the top of the falls departing at 6.30am , a 3.5 hour zodiac […]
Today we are in Swift Bay, to visit a series of Wandjina art galleries. This is a longer zodiac ride from L’Austral with the outgoing tide and prevailing wind making the conditions choppy. There is […]
L’Austral sails into the Buccaneer Archipelago at 6am this morning. Last night’s huge moon is still up, but quickly being outshone by the rising sun, with another hot day on the menu – 27 degrees […]
L’Austral glides into Doubtful Bay at 6am and drops anchor off Raft Point, which is likely much to the chagrin of the small yacht MV Oceanic already in this small bay of islands. It doesn’t […]
