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Freshwater Cove, Kimberley Coast, Western Australia

L’Austral has repositioned this morning to Freshwater Cove,  home to a Wandjina rock art gallery. It is a wet landing onto the beach, where we are greeted by members of the local Worrorra tribe, who know […]

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Mitchell Falls and the Hunter River, Kimberley Coast, Australia

Today is a very expensive helicopter flight to Mitchell Falls and back. It turns out to be worth every cent.  4 helicopters take off and land on a small beach in front of L’Austral, fly […]

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L’Austral and the Iconic Kimberley Expedition

Up early at 6 am, I can see L’Austral has arrived in the early hours of the morning and is tied up at Stokes Wharf, a stone’s throw from the apartment. Unfortunately, I have to […]

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Campbell Island, New Zealand Subantarctic

We arrive at Campbell Island on schedule at 6am. Notable for its miserable weather and 650 hours of sunshine annually, Campbell Island has turned on the fine weather for our planned 7km hike on the […]