ausjackaroo sailing

24th April 2023

The ship left Darwin, N.T. on Friday, 21st April in the calm waters of Beagle Bay and into Timor Sea, sailing past Tiwi Island on our starboard side. We sailed east for three days passing the northern coastline of N.T. and across the Gulf of Carpenteria through the Arafura Sea before  rounding to most northern tip of Australia, Cape York. We experienced wet conditions and reasonable seas. The usual events for me (ukulele, arts and crafts, Grapevine wine tasting, trivia and enrichment: space rocks with Astronomer Matt Wedel or a ship's pilot to talk on his work navigating ships through the Great Barrier Reef) kept me busy apart from my morning walk and if possible a swim in the heated pool. 

The ship's course past Thursday Island, between the Great Barrier Reef. As we sailed, we could see the mainland clearly.