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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…
Quiet Morning 7/4/12
Up with the rising sun, and a beautiful breeze lasted throughout the night.
Headed over to the west side of Indian Island, put out the crab pot though no luck.
Too hot for them, too hot for us so we decided to head back to Crab Claw, more breeze.
I do love cruising up the river systems, snaking around the twists and turns.
We were treated to an afternoon storm, lovely to cool down the decks.
The birth of the day
I was hoping to do my blog daily, but we were out of range and truthfully I just love watching the world..
Only crazy men and fisherman in the heat of the day......
Tide breathes out
Mangroves of Indian Island
It's hot and a storm is brewing..
this is what hot looks like...
getting dramatic...
relief....
building.....
then we were blessed with a cooled refreshed evening…
Set sail 6/4/12 – 730 am
Heading Bynoe Harbour (next harbour SW of Darwin)
As big as Darwin Harbour yet largely uninhabited dotted with fishing shacks and pearl leases and Crab Claw Island resort. A fisherman’s haven.
We sailed flat waters under clear blue skies…
cruising along..
Our new 235watt solar panels working a treat.
beautiful blue
reflect..
fishing camps
"the only way is up....."
pure joy
We watched as the Full Moon traverse the sky…..
Safe....
relax...
not bad with a hand held instant on as boat.....
let go..
who am I...
We set sail for Easter destination Bynoe Harbour, we have been doing a major refit on Tiata and this was our grand reacquaintance.
Left 5/4/12 – 1600hrs.
A sail around the harbour.
Cullen Bay to Fannie Bay
Beautiful sunset, first boat for the season to anchor in Fannie Bay – Only this morning we did an early morning walk and I said to Rudy “won’t be long till the boats are back for the season” and it was us…
We started the day early, nothing like a pre-dawn walk to nourish the soul…
Morning Walk
Lapwings sleeping by the water's edge
through the she oak..
golden rising
Nurtured Light
Evening sail
Leaving Cullen Bay
Night falling
Moon over Darwin Art Gallery
WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO
moonlight on the water
alone on the water
a sssssssizzler
It’s quite amazing in the Top End.
We have two seasons,
‘wet’ and ‘dry’
‘hot & humid’ and ‘sweet’
and they change so quick
from one day to the next.
We have entered the ‘sweet’
We were were out for a walk before work….
How devine is that…..
blue dawn
blue dawning
lemon...
the green and gold
back
fisher
gone or yet to arrive...
all wisdom is in the trees
Outside, out at Sea 