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A month on..
As I look at my previous post, I smile.
So far we have come,
Our dream in action…
Sunset at Seven Spirt Bay
A dip in the cool waters.
“follow the dream”
But before leaving the Top End we had to stop off to celebrate. Nestled within Carig Gunak Barlu National Park around the Colbourg Peninsula is a beautiful little resort.
A little bit of paradise in a vast vacant land.
Rudy walking the ruins at Port Essington
Hello from Port Essington
Glass relics, Port Essington
We Celebrated….
We had completed our goals in the direction of our dreams, 4 years we’d been at it.
Our goal was to set Tiata up for some long term and remote cruising.
Tiata sits behind a blanket of smoke in The Top End
Lounging in the water one morning…
Nature…
Lush and green,
cool and serene..
We are now sitting near the tip of Cape York in Seisia, Queensland.
Waiting for the winds to abate..
But we are in no hurry, we’ll just toddle around here…
Plotting the Journey…
It’s getting close now,
the final jobs are slipping away,
the time has come for us to start proposing a direction…
My lemons are preserving…
Reflection
Direction
Our first destination…
Cobourg Peninsula – Garig Gunak Barlu is a national park.
About 216 km northeast of Darwin by road.
Our sailing route 120nm..
It was established by joining the former Gurig National Park and the Cobourg Marine Park…
Vast and beautiful
Deeply indented bays and coves cover some 4.500 km²..
Virtually uninhabited…
Darwin to Port Essington
Port Essington is an inlet and historic site located with in the park.
One of 2 failed attempts of early British settlement..
The ruins still remain…
(We were first through here June 2007 – en-route to the Kimberly’s)
Wuwudri Walk
looking through the ruins..
Blackpoint Wharf.
For this we will probably set sail with the bottom of the tide in the evening to catch the ingoing tide through the Vernon Islands.
and will ensure and outward tide around Cape Don..
With a hopeful lunchtime arrival…
Nestled deep…
Well that’s the loose plan.
mmm maybe one last gourmet treat before virtual wilderness…
We will be there till we are ready to go..
Outside, out at Sea 