Author Archive | Micheline Jenner

Day 1 Grand Final Day and Whale Songs’ Freo departure… (Written on Sep 28, 2013) Under a cloudy but golden lit sky, the silhouette profile of lighthouses, hills and pine trees on Rottnest fades on our portside.  Between cloud patches the sunlight illuminates the sea as a wonderful mid-green seaway speckled with white-caps indicative of […]

Day 10 Dolphin Heaven! (Written on June 10, 2013) At midnight we are just south of Cape Northumberland, very close to the border between SA and Victoria.  Passing sweeping Discovery Bay with the light of Cape Northumberland flashing, I am certain southern right whales will be nestling inside this bay.  We are in 26 m […]

Day 9 Cloudy Southern Sunday… (Written on June 09, 2013) Rubbing my eyes to wake quickly while stepping into the wheelhouse, I notice there are all kinds of lights on show.  Homes, streetlights and lighthouses sparkle from three locations.  A white line of beads on Marsden Point (on the NE tip of Kangaroo Island) glows […]

Day 8 This Way to the Tropics… (Written on June 08, 2013) At 0745 in the morning Freddie kindly arrives to take Sam to the airport and Dale and Inday for last minute supplies. Newspapers, pastries and a snapper part of the essentials bought from Port Lincoln. By 1030 we are moving from the jetty […]

Day 7 Among History and Whales! (Written on June 07, 2013)   We have a SW wind and swell for the start of the 7th.  June the seventh?  Some-one please tell me how we got to the middle of the year so quickly!  New Years’ Eve feels like yesterday! Approaching Eyre Peninsula, 68 nm to […]

Day 3 Out of the Deep… (Written on June 03, 2013) It’s just after midnight and a very, very black sky cleverly hides all celestial bodies.  We are heading 099 degrees and just south of Denmark, Western Australia.  At first we are alone on our journey, but soon three “comets” appear on the 96 nm […]