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Ponant Kimberley Cruise - Day 6 – Ashmore Reef Technical Stop
As this ship is French flagged, and this itinerary starts and ends in Australian ports, Maritime Law requires that at some point every 30 days the ship leaves Australian waters – and by sailing to Ashmore Reef we enter International Waters (which is also why passport is require...
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Ponant Kimberley Cruise – Day 7 - Careening Bay
SUNDAY 28 APRIL PONANT LE LAPEROUSE DAY 5 – CAREENING BAY Careening Bay was named by Lt Philip Parker King after his ship, the HMC Mermaid, was careened there during his third voyage of discovery in 1820. King surveyed the western coast to complete the map initiated by Flinde...
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Ponant Kimberley Cruise – Day 8 - Swift Bay / Mitchell Falls
MONDAY 29 APRIL – Day 8 The Bonepart Archipelago is a stunningly rugged maze of islands almost 150km along the WA Kimberley Coast. Swift Bay was named by Philip Parker King after the Johathon Swift, the author of Gulliver’s Travels. The T shaped bay is composed of heavily fra...
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