| Cape York
to Darwin - AUSTRALIA,
September 2009
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| The northern coast of Australia – from Cape York to Darwin – gave us many warm days. Even though we sailed slowly north along the east coats, we were not totally acclimatised. Eirik spent many hours in the cockpit in his little bathtub – with cooling 30 degree Celsius water from the ocean. The Mate and the Captain also longed for a swim. Too bad Eirik’s pool was so small. The Ocean was not very tempting as crocodiles existed “all around” us… | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Shit!!! - or was it shark? | Peek-a-boo! | 2 on training... | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Gove Yacht Club. | Frances and Ted (s/y Kaylie) and France's father all live in yachts outside Gove Yacht Club - They have all been sailing more or less all their lifes. | |||||||||||||||||||
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"The
hole in the Wall!. |
Eirik at the helm through "The hole in the Wall". | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Calm spinaker sail over the Gulf of Carpentaria. | 12kg Bluefin Tuna! | Nappy washing... | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Rob (Aries Tor) is hoping one day to raise a child on his boat... | Darwin,
Northern Territorie, Australia. |
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The
lock in to Cullen Bay Marina, Darwin. |
"Not able to sign" - Eirik is ready to check out from his first country. | "Spotted heat rush" - in Darwin it was a little bit to hot for Eirik. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Helen and Iain took care of mail for us until we arrived in Darwin. | Darwin
Night Marked.. |
The
car seat with floating devices was a gift from the Norwegian company SeaBa. |
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| The Crocodile Park in Darwin was the only place where we got very close to the crocodiles - luckily... | Bearded Dragoon - Also other animals live in The Crocodile Park in Darwin. Too bad Eirik fell asleep. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Air-condition... | The wave pool in Darwin was very popular. | Eirik's
first hear cut - even though his mother didn't like it. |
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| It is important to start the treining early... | Bicylce ride in Darwin. | Aircondition... | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Dead calm on our way to Indonesia. | On our way to a new continent. | Eirik
is wondering where the wind disapeared.! |
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