Schedule for Damon Ramsey

 I keep this schedule as up-to-date as possible. For just completed trips and work history go to work history of Damon Ramsey. The colour coding is: White for work; including my role, dates, locations, ship, company, red for cancellations & changes (slowing down as covid does), pink for unsure - applications or maybe going to be cancelled by company or me, purple for private expeditions for writing books, lectures & website, and time off, green for work related courses, transit & training etc

2024

JUNE

Return flight L.A.- Cairns, 1st June.

Month (?) off in Cairns - Doctors, Medical, courses etc. Next book?  Arctic prep including AECO

(available 20th June - 15th August)

JULY

(cancelled due to Cal Sky no longer doing these trips) Expedition Leader. 7th July- 16th July 2024. Kimberley. Darwin -  Broome . On board Caledonian Sky, for APT. Expedition Leader. 16th July- 25th July 2024. Kimberley. Broome - Darwin. On board Caledonian Sky, for APT. Expedition Leader. 25th July - 3rd August 2024. Kimberley. Darwin - Broome. On board Caledonian Sky, for APT.

Expedition team. 8 Jul - 21 July 2024, Longyearbyen - Reykjavik. Norway/Greenland/Svalbard, JEWELS OF THE ARCTIC, Aurora.

Expedition team. 21 Jul -  12 Aug 2024, Longyearbyen - Reykjavik. ARCTIC COMPLETE - EXPLORATORY VOYAGE, Aurora.

AUGUST

(cancelled due to Cal Sky no longer doing these trips)) Expedition Leader. 25th July- 30th August 2024. Kimberley. Broome - Darwin. On board Caledonian Sky, for APT)

rest of August off

SEPTEMBER

Biologist/Ornithologist. 11th September - 2nd October 2024. Darwin, Australia - Lautoka, Fiji. Australia, PNG, Vanuatu. On board Silver Cloud. Silversea.

(cancelled due to Cal Sky no longer doing these trips) Expedition Leader. 30th August - 11th September, 2024. Arnhem land - Great Barrier Reef. Darwin - Cairns. On board Caledonian Sky, for APT.

OCTOBER

Biologist/Ornithologist. 2nd October - 15th October 2024. Lautoka, Fiji - Papeete, French Polynesia. Fiji, Polynesia. On board Silver Cloud. Silversea.

Biologist/Ornithologist. 15th October - 7th November 2024. Papeete - Valparaiso. Polynesia. On board Silver Cloud. Silversea.

NOVEMBER

Biologist/Ornithologist. 7th November - 19th November 2024. Valparaiso - Puerto Williams. Chile. On board Silver Cloud. Silversea.

Home for a few days - unpack and pack

DECEMBER

3rd - 20th December 2024. Mauritius - Mauritius. Noble Caledonia.

20th December 2024 - 6th January 2025. Mauritius - Mauritius. Noble Caledonia.

2025

JANUARY

6th -20th Jan 2025. Mauritius - Dar. Noble Caledonia.

20th Jan - 1st February 2025. Dar - Mahe. Noble Caledonia.

FEBRUARY

1st - 18th February 2025. Mahe - Chennai. Noble Caledonia.

MARCH

Week at home in Cairns

 (Need to re-confirm) Sunday March 2, 2025 - Thursday, March 20, 2025. Darwin - Sorong, Raja Ampat & Spice Islands 18 Nights. Coral Expeditions. 

Thursday, March 20, 2025 - Monday, April 7, 2025. Sorong - Darwin. Raja Ampat & Spice Islands 18 Nights. Coral Expeditions. 

APRIL

month in Cairns

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

AUGUST

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

time off

DECEMBER

? Applied for 2nd Dec Tasmania, Subs - 3rd Jan, AUR

2026

JANUARY

? Applied for 2nd Dec Tasmania, Subs - 3rd Jan, AUR

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

JUNE

available TBD

JULY

available TBD

AUGUST

available TBD

SEPTEMBER

September. Melanesia region. On board Island Sky. Noble Caledonia.

OCTOBER

October. Melanesia region. On board Island Sky. Noble Caledonia.

NOVEMBER

November. Melanesia region. On board Island Sky. Noble Caledonia.

DECEMBER

available TBD