Oz Circumnavigation

Talbot Bay

We weighed anchor at Silvergull Creek and headed to the famous Horizontal Falls in Talbot Bay.

This is where we were to pick up Rick and Dianne from the float plane, and young Paul was to fly out.

Horizontal Falls is visited by most of the cruise boats who take their punters by high speed boats through both the falls offering a spectacular experience.

The speed with which the water rushes through is phenomenal, and an operator has told us that the water can actually drop over 5 metres at the ends and explained that this could pitch pole any type of boat, and that he personally stops at around 2 metres.

Many fishing expeditions over the 3 days netted us Mangrove Jack, Mulloway,  Honeycomb cod, but not yet the allusive prize of the north, the Barramundi.

We decided we would spend our last night in the adjacent Cyclone Bay where we could get some great pics early in the morning with the sheer red coloured cliffs in the background.

We now had ace cameraman Rick now on board, so the serious videos and photo’s were about to begin.

Negotiating SKIE through a couple of narrow rock passages, one only 30 m wide, was fun, and the thrusters certainly earned their keep by keeping us off the sheer rock faces as we came under the influence of fast currents, even though we were having neap tides (small range from high to low) of about 2-3 metres.

As the spring tides were approaching with the event of the full moon, moving towards into the 9 metre range, our short trip was timely.