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The cliffs and beaches were most beautiful to look at today, and i had to stay VERY close to shore to try to get shelter from a nasty south-easterly all day. It was not 100% working, and the tide was against me all morning as well. I eventually turned into the beach after Cape Boileau and […]

Same weather pattern again – strong easterlies in the morning, calm from lunchtime. Some point that day I landed on the beach to have a bit of an insight what’s behing the dunes, and I found this lovely inlet…more north it would be perfect croc habitat, but they are hopefully gone for going south now. I […]

Really not much to say about this day – nice cliffs were exchanging with sandy beaches with crystal clear water. I went for some dips to stay cool after the wind calmed down again at lunchtime, not scared any more about crocs or stingers. Lovely, actually! Probably most people would love to swap with me on […]

Greg and I spent the last two nights before launching in Lombadina again in a “luxury” campsite hut with a real bed instead of staying in my tent. Good for sorting out the trip food for the next two weeks, and taking some gear pics.  I forgot to shop for milk powder in Broome, so I was visiting the well-sorted local […]

The new kayak and I are ready to go! The boat is customized to my needs and sealed, the gear is cleaned and repacked and my skin is healed (well enough) to get going again on the long haul down to Perth. I’m launching tomorrow from the same spot where I landed before my break. Greg is driving me […]

My old boat loaded on Terry Bolland’s van, ready to drive back to Perth.   It’s pool time for the new boat! Luckily the Broome Caravan Park has a beautiful one, and the management lets me jump into it with my new kayak!          

It’s outfitting time! Thanks to Terry Bolland and to my partner Greg Bethune to do an increadible job today! They were busy all day on the new boat, plus getting the old one in shape again to stay as a spare kayak for me. Terry will take the old one back down to Perth, and will display it […]

I was still working all next morning on my website, when we thought we should make some phone calls to find out where Terry Bolland was on his drive up from Perth to Broome with my new epic 18 x sport expedition kayak on his roof rack! It turned out he’ll arrive already today’s afternoon in […]

Busy updating my website   When I landed Tuesday night in very last light at Kooljamans, it was still not directly at the beach of the Kooljaman’s wilderness camp, where I planned to stay for some days with shower and electrical hookup for charging my batteries. I was waiting Wednesday morning in my beach camp for Greg […]

Yes, I made it yesterday to Cape Leveque/ Kooljaman through BIG spring tides in a 85 km leg. I’ll write about details later. I’m in a dry climated room right now to heal my sore skin, it really doesn’t look and felt good the last days paddling. I’ve got internet access here, and will upload my trip report […]