Where is SV Merakai
| Vessel Name: | Merakai |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Adams 15.2 |
| Hailing Port: | Townsville, QLD, Australia |
| Crew: | Rick and Bette Willis |
| About: | Home and Away |
02 June 2020 | Magnetic Island Marina
01 June 2020 | Hinchenbrook Channel
31 May 2020 | Mourilan Harbour
30 May 2020 | Fitzroy Island
27 May 2020 | Crystalbrook Marina, Port Douglas
26 May 2020 | Low Isles
25 May 2020 | East Hope Island
24 May 2020 | Cape Bedford
21 May 2020 | Cape Flattery
20 May 2020 | Howick Island
19 May 2020 | Ninian Bay, just south Cape Melville
11 May 2020 | Stokes Bay, Stanley Island, Flinders Group, Princess Charlotte Bay
10 May 2020 | Fife Island
09 May 2020 | Night Island
08 May 2020 | Portland Road Anchorage
30 April 2020 | Margaret Bay, Cape Grenville
27 April 2020 | Albany Island, Torres Strait
22 April 2020 | Horn Island, Torres Strait
22 April 2020 | Goodes Island, Torres Strait
22 April 2020 | Torres Strait
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27 May 2020 | Crystalbrook Marina, Port Douglas
Our 7-week isolation bubble on Merakai ends!! Crystalbrook Marina, Port Douglas
Kananga to Pulau Satonda, Sumbawa
10 November 2019 | Pulau Satonda, Sumbawa
Bette Willis
After a rolly night, we dinghied the 2 nm over to Pulau Satonda, which is basically a saltwater lake inside a caldera on its way to becoming an atoll when sea level rises.
Dinghy ride to Pulau Satonda
A lovely Park Ranger met us at the beach, asking for 100,000 IDR (~$10) each to hike up to the lake. We hadn't anticipated this and had no money, but promised to drop it off on our way out. He was happy to accept our word and off we went. Note to self - don't leave home without at least a million in your pocket!
The Park Ranger helped pull our dinghy up on the beach.
The trail, wooden park buildings and steps over the rim and around the caldera were all nicely done.
Over the rim and down to the saltwater lake, which has been isolated from the sea since it filled in the tsunami after the 1815 eruption of Tambora.
Swimming platform for accessing the lake - meant to be saltier than seawater, but we didn't test it out.
Hiked up to a high point on the caldera rim.
View towards Kananga Bay
After weighing anchor in Kananga Bay, we stopped back in at Pulau Satonda on our way to Pulau Moyo and Bette kayaked ashore through the swell to pay for our hike - much to the astonishment of the park rangers.
Google Earth Image of Pulau Satonda
Dinghy ride to Pulau Satonda
A lovely Park Ranger met us at the beach, asking for 100,000 IDR (~$10) each to hike up to the lake. We hadn't anticipated this and had no money, but promised to drop it off on our way out. He was happy to accept our word and off we went. Note to self - don't leave home without at least a million in your pocket!
The Park Ranger helped pull our dinghy up on the beach.
The trail, wooden park buildings and steps over the rim and around the caldera were all nicely done.
Over the rim and down to the saltwater lake, which has been isolated from the sea since it filled in the tsunami after the 1815 eruption of Tambora.
Swimming platform for accessing the lake - meant to be saltier than seawater, but we didn't test it out.
Hiked up to a high point on the caldera rim.
View towards Kananga Bay
After weighing anchor in Kananga Bay, we stopped back in at Pulau Satonda on our way to Pulau Moyo and Bette kayaked ashore through the swell to pay for our hike - much to the astonishment of the park rangers.
Google Earth Image of Pulau Satonda
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Boardwalk trail to rock paintings by Yiithuwarra people
3 Photos
Created 5 September 2019
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