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Ponant Kimberley Cruise - Day 5 – Vansittart Bay and Jar Island
FRIDAY 26 APRIL- Day 5 PONANT LE LAPEROUSE – VANSITTART BAY AND JAR ISLAND So nice to have a little sleep in today. We spoke to our cabin attendant MC about our squeaky bed – the edge near the window squeaks and groans as you get on and off it, and it was fixed in a jiffy - n...
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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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