THRIVING ON REMOTE SAND ISLANDS (Explore, Catch & Cook) 

Don’t worry I have watched every episode you and Strick have put up. I wait for them every week.

In between baby sitting for 3 three days a week for eight and a half years. By My Self, I was able to get away for three months during 2011 and then four months during 2013 towing a 8.3 meter lockable half cabin tin boat; with a 3.6 meter tinny on the roof. I was 61 years old for the second 2013 trip to the Gulf of Carpentaria, King Ash Bay near Borroloola. During 2011: I motored around the Sir Edward Pellow group of Islands, then down as far as Calvert River and then 2013 around the Sir Edward Pellow group of Islands and then up around the North Western Islands around Groote Eylandt, up past Blue Mud Bay, then back again. These trips I did all By My Self. I was held up for a whole week due to very rough weather in an inlet in Blue Mud bay. I built a 190 litre freezer, 140 litre fridge, four large solar panels on the hard top, powering house batteries. With 800 litres of diesel, 80 litres of petrol and 130 litres of water, dry food and towing the tinny, I could only manage displacement speed between 5 to 8 knots. That is all I planned for. With proper planning, you can go with the minimum gear and supplies or sort of maximum such as I did. My trip was 20 years in planning. Good luck.

Cheers legends!

True for some, but don't diss all the kids. I know many kids who can handle themselves out in the bush.

Don't be hard on yaself mate!