I am writing from Quondong Point on the Dampier Peninsula North of Broome. Our last Hinchy.org update seems like an eternity ago, we have covered so much ground and done so much. One leaving Shark Bay, we were headed to Exmouth to await the arrival of the repaired main sail and to sail the...

Bidyadanga (La Grange) proved to be an absolute delight. The school Principal, Mark Williams, was an excellent host and soon had us settled into the “donga”, perfectly acceptable accomodation right on the school grounds. Mark gave us a whistle stop tour of the local beaches after...

The rain followed us across the Pilbara, not heavy and inconvenient in itself but creating other problems for us. We had planned on staying on at Cleaverville but with the rain came the sandflies in large numbers. We were driven out and decided to head Eastwards away from the rain. Alas, it...

During my trip to Perth last week, I had to drive through yet another bush fire. The trusty phone camera captured part of the fire that engulfed both sides of the road as I drove through it. About 500 metres up, shire workers were madly moving their loaders and equipment to a safer...

Saturday 30 June to Friday 6 July We have had a wonderful week, covering more than 2000km on a Kalumburu-Broome and return trip and enjoying the company of 3 other teachers and 13 students from Years 8 to 11. We left early on Saturday morning, expecting a long slow trip South to the Gibb River...

Sunday 3 June After shopping, clothes washing etc, we explored around Port Hedland a checked out a few possible sites for launching the boat and doing a spot of fishing. None proved inviting, with the 20 knot South-Easterly ruling out almost all options. In the end, we opted to try for mud...

Having spent most of the fishing charter with a fishing rod in my hand, rather than a camera, I was struggling to post any pictures of our adventures. Luckily for us, Claire (another teacher from Fitzroy), was less dedicated to the fishing, and did manage to snap some shots. She has very...

After a few weeks of busy school-work (I can see why Term 4 is called the “silly season” up here), a group of us booked into the Broome Beach Resort for a weekend of fishing and relaxation. All up, there were 16 of us there – 10 for a deep-sea fishing charter, 6 for a day spa...