E75 - Crossing The Huge 80 Mile Beach

After leaving Broome, we head west crossing the huge 80 mile beach, stopping along the way where we try unsuccessfully to take the tender to shore. Chris is finally able to swim in the crocodile free water and clean the hulls where he spots a live bailer shell crawling along the bottom. Continuing west we pass Port Headland and the many ships waiting to load, racing to cross the channel before one bears down on us. We see the dark volcanic Depuch Island and pull in behind West Moore Island where we once again find the charts completely inaccurate. Timestamps if you like to Jump Right In: 00:00 Intro 00:29 Leaving a Foggy Broome 03:19 Saddle Hill 04:33 Live Bailer Shell 06:25 Our Beds All WET 07:40 80 Mile Beach 10:50 Crossing Port Headland 13:18 West Moore Island 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 Aussie 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. #broome #portheadland #seawind1260 #circumnavigationaustralia #seawindcats