E61 - Crashing Our Drone at Mitchell River Falls (Part 1 of 2)

After leaving the Osborne Islands we sail across to the Mitchell River famous for its spectacular waterfalls. We head up past the Middle Rock anchorage and across our first series of shallow sand bars to anchor out the front of Surveyors Creek, where launching the drone get an aerial perspective of just shallow the area actually is. In the morning we head up Surveyors Creek and find the most magical water holes and waterfalls to cool off in, having a little difficulty getting out as the surfaces are so slippery. We then head across the very shallow sections of the Mitchell River delta and up the 15 nautical miles to the rock bar which separates the salt water from the fresh water flowing down. Sending the drone up we capture some more stunningly amazing video before our worst nightmare comes true, we crash and lose the drone! Timestamps if you like to Jump Right In: 00:00 Intro 00:32 Circumnavigation Travel Summary 00:46 Leaving Osborne Islands 04:00 Drone over the sand bars 06:05 Tender up Surveyor's Creek 09:08 Surveyor's Creek Waterfalls 11:48 Drone over Surveyor's Creek 13:25 Heading up to the Rock Bar, sneaky croc at boat 17:08 Drone shot at the Rock Bar 18:37 Drone crash and rescue WHO ARE WE? We're Chris and Jo and we have been living on our Seawind 1260 since January 2019. In our first year we bring our yacht down the east coast of Australia and sail it out to New Caledonia. After cruising further north up the east coast of Australia in 2020, we decide to circumnavigate Australia during 2021 and 2022. We had previously owned fishing and water skiing boats, but after a couple years crewing in South Australia we decided to jump right in and make a sea change. We are just an ordinary Aussies couple exploring what this great world has to offer and hope that we can inspire others just as we were by watching other YouTube channels to follow our dreams. #seawind1260 #kimberley #circumnavigationaustralia #seawindcats #mitchellriver #dronecrash #waterfalls