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APRIL
Month "off" in Cairns, Clean & de-mould apartment. Plumbing?. Garden cement. (Last chance for trip for tax expenses? or new Sony camera & lens?). Start tax. Update subantarctic/antarctic.tropical open ocean books. Continue work on next two books: Madagascar (woodlands) and Coral Reefs. Kindle tax. Possible Print-on-demand options.
Updates on lectures for SS contract. Complete various courses for SS contract.
MAY
6th May 2025. Lautoka Fiji - 20th May Lautoka Fiji. Biologist/Ornithologist. Fiji. On board Silver Cloud for Silversea.
20th May 2025 - Lautoka Fiji - 12th June Darwin Australia. Biologist/Ornithologist. Melanesia, New Guinea & Australia. On board Silver Cloud for Silversea.
JUNE
12th June Darwin Australia - 22nd June Darwin Australia. Biologist/Ornithologist. Kimberley. On board Silver Cloud for Silversea.
JULY
time off
Reapply for C1D?
AUGUST
(private trip for book, Asia)
time off
SEPTEMBER
6th September 2025 Darwin Australia - 29th September 2025, Lautoka Fiji. Biologist/Ornithologist. Melanesia. On board Silver Cloud. Silversea.
OCTOBER
29th September 2025, Lautoka Fiji - 10th October 2025, Papeete, Tahiti. Biologist/Ornithologist. Polynesia. On board Silver Cloud. Silversea.
10th October 2025, Papeete, Tahiti - 2nd November 2025, Valparaiso, Chile. Biologist/Ornithologist. Polynesia, Chile. On board Silver Cloud. Silversea.
NOVEMBER
? private trip South America - Chile & northwards.
DECEMBER
time off
JANUARY
Rest of Jan off (at home?)
27th Jan - 8th Feb. Puerto Limon-Puerto Caldera, Cost Rica. 'East & West of Panama'. Costa Rica, Colombia & Panama. On board Hebridean Sky. Noble Caledonia.
FEBRUARY
8th Feb - 17th Feb. Puerto Caldera - Puerto Quetzal. 'Ancient & Natural Wonders'. Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala. On board Hebridean Sky. Noble Caledonia.
17th Feb - 3rd March. Puerto Quetzal - Puerto Limon. 'Central American Odyssey'. Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica. On board Hebridean Sky. Noble Caledonia.
MARCH
3rd March - 14th March. Puerto Limon - Barbados. 'Passage across the Caribbean Sea'. Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Curacao, Grenada, Bonaire, Barbados. On board Hebridean Sky. Noble Caledonia.
14th Jan - 25th March. Barbados - Cayenne. 'Sailing through the Lesser Antilles & beyond'. Barbados, Tobago, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana. On board Hebridean Sky. Noble Caledonia.
APRIL
?Month off, travel in Central & northern South America!
MAY
few weeks time off at home
25th May 2026 - 6th June 2026. London - Leith (Edinburgh). United Kingdom. On board Silver Wind, For Silversea.
JUNE
6th June 2026 - 18th June 2026. Leith (Edinburgh) - Reykjavik. United Kingdom & Iceland. On board Silver Wind, For Silversea.
JULY
18th June 2026 - 1st July 2026. Reykjavik - Nuuk. Iceland & Greenland. On board Silver Wind, For Silversea.
1st July 2026 - 14th July 2026. Nuuk - Reykjavik. Iceland & Greenland. On board Silver Wind, For Silversea.
week off at home...
25 July - 8 August 2026. SINGAPORE-SINGAPORE (sumatra). On board TBD. Noble Caledonia.
AUGUST
(continued from last month) 25 July - 8 August 2026. SINGAPORE-SINGAPORE (sumatra). On board TBD. Noble Caledonia.
8 - 24 August 2026. SINGAPORE - BALI (borneo) like HAD (?). On board TBD. Noble Caledonia.
24 August - 9 September 2026. BALI - RABAUL (indonesia and PNG). On board TBD. Noble Caledonia.
SEPTEMBER
(continued from last month) 24 August - 9 September 2026. BALI - RABAUL (indonesia and PNG). On board TBD. Noble Caledonia.
month off at home
OCTOBER
5-19 October 2026. FIJI - TAHITI (Nomads of the Wind). On board TBD. Noble Caledonia.
19 -31 October 2026. TAHITI-TAHITI. On board TBD, Noble Caledonia.
31 October - 23 November 2026. TAHITI-SAN ANTONIO. On board TBD, Noble Caledonia.
NOVEMBER
(continued) 31 October - 23 November 2026. TAHITI-TAHITI. On board TBD, Noble Caledonia.
time off - travel around South America?
DECEMBER
continue time off, travel around South America?
JANUARY
time off at home
FEBRUARY
available
MARCH
available