[Previous entry: "TINY SAND CAY ....... East of Sir Charles Hardy Islands"] [Next entry: "SPINNER DOLPHIN UNDERWATER ...... collage"]

01/08/2007: "NORTHERN ANCHORAGE ... Location: 13 South, 143 East"

Captains wheelhouse and stateroom on the top. Below is living room, galley and two double bed cabins.

Freedom is a high speed catamaran. Inflatable dive dinghy with outboard is carried on rear platform which is raised free from the water when traveling. Air compressor and tanks, heaps of underwater cameras make this a unique Australian film production vessel.

We departed Port Douglas, North of Cairns and began a 30 day expedition "north" to film adventure with the sea and especially shipwrecks from the early era of Australian colonization.

I'm a semi-vegetarian ( or aqua-tarian) so a seafood diet was perfect for me. The others aboard alternated each day with meat today, fish tomorrow.

We'd catch fish over shipwrecks in deeper water using rod and reel. Exceptions would be locations where barramundi might be spear fished..

Saltwater crocodiles are a serious consideration in the north. These certainly exist and can be anywhere. Tracks left on the beach indicate some very large specimens.