Trip Reports August 2025
West coast Australia
Silversea

Expedition trips don't do the west coast of Australia (south of the Kimberley) very often. So when we do, I try to jump on. I worked as an expedition leader in 2021 for a couple of these Perth-Broome/Darwin trips with Coral Expeditions, and then later as a guide/lecturer with Silversea.  It gives access to arid Western Australia including remore rarely visited islands. Howeer, the reason we don't do it very often becomes obvious on most trips, the consistent winds! Unlike the protected Kimberley, the rest of the WA coast is exposed. In fact, the highest winds ever recorded on a coast anywhere on the planet were from this area, near Barrow Island.

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Shark Bay

The red cliffs along Francis Peron

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