Sailing to the Flinders Group & Beyond; Catching Fish, Cave Art and Time Travel in North Queensland

[@tonybarnes3858]

These episode are getting even better. You two are going for it, and it shows. Lots of attention to detail, lots of work. And lots of fun. We vicarions are in your debt.

[@SailorJames]

Thank you for this kind comment 🙏🏻 I appreciate it

[@matteopetese9475]

Amazing episode!

[@williamoberlander7932]

Thank you so much for everything! May God bless you and keep you! 🙏 safe ! Daily Amen

[@gratefulfredly8643]

Great as usual. Loved the Captain Bly reading. Magic.

[@MizzAugust7]

Yes !

[@victorimmature]

What an Amazing Place , From the Cave Art To Capt Bligh , Its Great as Humans that they kept a Record of their moment in time , And Now another piece of history is Created . Great Vid , Thanks For sharing .

[@kenegan7649]

Hi Rhonda..I'm so glad you caught a fush..now all you need is some cheps

[@LoveGrubGalley]

Unfortunately had run outta potatoes 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@haroldjohnston5842]

You have come a long ways sailor James since you left the west coast of California I've enjoyed watching you grow and your videos

[@SailorJames]

It’s been a wild ride

[@DaveWaller-d4e]

Another great one, loving the history lessons. Best way to learn about it when you can see it right in from of you! Thanks so much.

[@jaysummers9396]

It's really emotional to see you following in the footsteps of history that I've invested in for years, and I'm glad it's you two, thank you 🤘👍

[@neilgilmour9885]

Thanks James and Rhonda for a fascinating video. The rock art was spectacular. Bligh is a much maligned character in Australian colonial history - not only for the story of the Bounty mutiny but also his time as Governor of New South Wales. It can not be disputed, though, that he was a navigator extraordinaire. I hope you will read some more of his journey as you follow in his footsteps through Torres Strait and on to where his concluded his remarkable post mutiny voyage in Timor. Fair winds.

[@chrisgundersen1117]

As a landlocked sea lover from Utah, you have both painted art and pecking art by the indigenous people that is beautiful

[@SailorJames]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@chrisgundersen1117]

@ many Mahalo that was a fast reply

[@samparker2828]

Thanks!

[@SailorJames]

Thank you 🙏🏻 I appreciate the contribution!

[@nivek2157]

I had a wee smile when you reacted to the Dugong. Spoken like a true Kiwi.

[@SailorJames]

We love dugongs 😂

[@LoveGrubGalley]

Freaking the crap outta me… hahaha #becrocwise love the Dugongs!

[@RioAbajoBelen]

Best wishes for safe travels and plenty of adventures ..... that you can share with us! Doug Belen, New Mexico U.S.A.

[@isickofit]

A rolling documentary. Excellent.

[@bishopkinlyside8477]

Hi James, and Rhonda I must say you both look so happy together and just a loving couple looking after each other. Thank you for taking us on this journey that you are doing. Keep up the good work guys , Cliff from Logan City, Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺 I’m on the big island 🏝️

[@terrypoulton2590]

Perfect catch for dinner!

[@melisam.3180]

You go girlfriend with doing your first fish..! That rock art was absolutely gorgeous & like how you read out of the book about some of the passages with Captain Bly(not sure how you spell)!! Please stay safe and thanks for taking us along with you guy's on your journey, i'll never get to see any of it but with these adventures of yours i can see these wonders.

[@SailorJames]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@budawang77]

Another epic video from my favourite sailing couple. No BS, just a personal account of sailing along a fascinating coast.

[@SailorJames]

Thank you 🙏🏻 I appreciate this 🙏🏻

[@GingerNinja68]

Congrats Rhonda on your first catch, clean and cook. That tuna looked wicked.

[@LoveGrubGalley]

Thanks!! Unlocked a new skill…

[@mark95b77]

James, thank you for the history lessons. I know a bit about U.S history and WWII.. but my knowledge of pre/post industrial era is thin. These snap shots are the things we remember and cherish down the road. Thanks again,

[@aprianto1985]

great trip

[@stevejohnson810]

Thank you both.excellent vids.Really enjoying them.

[@dorolyncyo]

素晴らしいタイムトラベルを追体験できるこのチャンネルが大好きです！

[@SailorJames]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@alkempton1512]

Very good

[@cD-vg5go]

James, You are Always enjoyable to watch.. Thank You

[@SailorJames]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@jaydubya4727]

Great video - one of your best! I would have been seeing crocs everywhere, they're very frightening to me. Loverly sunset and a great bite of history. Loved the whole thing - Thanks so much.

[@paigep.6119]

I love this video ❤ It shows you & Rhonda living an amazing life together👏. These are beautiful journeys. I appreciate your channel. Sailing the world 🌎is a special unique opportunity. Thank you for taking the time to share your awesome finds & landscapes. 👌 I 😁 can't wait to contribute to you & Rhonda towards the new year. 🎉❤😊

[@MICHAELMEREDITHSR]

I like the 'funkdefiable' dij. music as you're dinghy dashing! 🙏🦉

[@SailorJames]

🕺🏼 💃🏻

[@bitsboatstravel6024]

I read that when I was a kid, I remember the passage about landing on the island. Very cool. I haven’t thought about it in 40 years till i heard you read that out. Really enjoyed that episode, if that’s the right word.

[@SailorJames]

It’s such an amazing tale !!!

[@johnmalenchek6597]

Wishing you both happiness and contentment in your journeys. Watch those crocs

[@MKokruok1]

Another great tour with some awesome history. The cave paintings were really something! I could feel Rhonda's stress over the crocs. Crocs are no joke unless you're wearing them on your feet. 😅.

[@SailorJames]

😂😂😂

[@LoveGrubGalley]

They freak me out big time!!!

[@bruceday450]

YOUR AUDIO IS THE BEST in all the sailing channels

[@MizzAugust7]

Cool caves,Im thinking they may have eaten in the shade as it showed in your video.I would.There was a 4 masted schooner drawn which was a thing.As if-we all Know what a Dugong Is?Nahh!Had to look it up.Crocs would be darker I would think.25 knots=Impressive!Loved the Reading!

[@garywilliamson5535]

Great video. As a landlocked Oklahoman, i have been sailing the seas with you since you got started and now with you and your lovely lady. Fair winds until next time. I get on our local lakes in a kayak but I am careful not to get too far out as even the lake water waves can get big.

[@robertomaffioletti4718]

Siete proprio simpatici!!! Un abbraccio dall'Italia. Giovanni ❤

[@MURADHASAN-nm2no]

Hello James, how are you? I am a regular viewer of your KZbin channel. I have seen all your videos and your content qualities are very good. how much I enjoy your video content. - "Your channel always leaves me excited for the next upload!"Good Luck

[@MURADHASAN-nm2no]

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[@ronaldliesting-p4f]

Wow , i like it, greet from the old Holland.

[@SailorJames]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@adelefritsch6294]

Good on ya mate

[@user8-y5f]

Schönes Video ruhig mehr davon !😊😊😊

[@DaleShirley-o1u]

Beautiful cave painting!!

[@robinstepanek1345]

Love the rock art! Be careful of those crocs! They are smart and sneaky 😛 I agree that your camera work is much improved so keep up the great work. We are sailors also, SV Dulcinea currently in Ensenada heading to Sea of Cortez. Fair winds and following seas! Long time viewers !

[@michaeldusso6882]

WOW !!! That was a dog gone dugong !!!

[@isickofit]

A squeeze of orange juice in soy sauce makes a good, quick marinade - add a little sugar if cooking down for a sticky sauce..

[@Aribrand-le4fy]

🙂enjoy the fish🙂greetings from Austria🇦🇹

[@edwardfinn4141]

Looking good James!

[@deborahmeredith6411]

Really good video

[@bryanbadger6841]

What a pity you didn't have time to go to the Chatham Islands, off our East coast. You would have seen the Moriori tree and rock carvings, estimated to be 300-400 years old. Never mind. It is what it is. Great history lesson. Thank you James. Take care James and Rhonda.

[@SailorJames]

Can’t see it all, so I see what I can

[@sandybinbedford5512]

Rhonda, your hair looks lovely down . ( from a hairstylist 😂)

[@LoveGrubGalley]

Thanks it’s usually a hot mess 😂

[@paigep.6119]

James & Rhonda, are you allowed to collect sea 🐚 shells from the beaches? And or wood.. things that you can collect & add to your shelves at home? Omg, i would love to have a handful of those sea shells. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🤭🤠

[@SailorJames]

Sea shells have been made for millions of years and will continue being made long after humans are gone :) collect all the shells you want in life

[@Memorybug]

❤

[@Darcee-p9o]

Hollie Martin swam with the dugongs! But I'm sure you already know that

[@HHO....]

Cool Folks 👈 🙏🐬🐬💫💫

[@picnflwrsandchasingbutterflys]

Awesome..you guys really arent to far behind bly an crew

[@DaleShirley-o1u]

In 94 I delivered a Pearson Triton 29 from Cabo to LA Paz and my pay was a black lure!

[@SailorJames]

I have done longer deliveries for less payment 😂 Tritons are great boats

[@jeffdemacs]

Great video! It's thrilling to see the adventure, but sailing through a cyclone-prone area raises some serious questions. Have they factored in the hurricane/cyclone season risks? It seems a bit dubious without a solid contingency plan in place. In the event of a worst-case scenario, who would be responsible for a rescue operation, and would their insurance even cover them in such high-risk conditions? Hope they've thoroughly prepared for every possible outcome!"

[@SailorJames]

I never sail in any country during its cyclone / hurricane season. We left Australia in back in September and sailed to Indonesia.

[@jeffdemacs]

@@SailorJames Awesome mate, Be safe

[@DaleShirley-o1u]

I'll get the book!

[@SailorJames]

It’s amazing!

[@WillN2Go1]

Cool. And those paintings. About 25 years ago I was asked if I could wait until the next morning to pick up the rest of my photo gear at an art gallery. I'd just photographed the paintings of the previous show. "The painters will be there to let you in." Okay. I walked in expecting to see a couple of young guys rolling out the walls in white for the next show. Instead there were four Aboriginal painters and their translator. The painters were squatting on the floor, mixing pigment with spit and chewing the end of a twig for a brush. They were painting a rock shaped like Australia. Wow. West Hollywood -- middle of Los Angeles. So the translator asks why I'm there. That settled, I asked some questions. Eh. Zero interest. So then I asked if they'd see our desert. "You got a desert in this country?" Now he was interested. Asked about the animals. What I know about Australian art is that it is a painting tradition and techniques that are 50,000 years old. Twice as old as the oldest cave paintings in Europe, and the Australian tradition is still very much alive. What a moment. I asked Neva the gallery director. if maybe I could rent a van and take the 'fellas' on a road trip. If anything happened.... But she took them up to the Hollywood sign. Said they didn't seem to even glance at the sign. Instead they spread out and squatted down looking in different directions. After about 40 minutes she thought they must have had enough. So she asked the translator. He asked each of the painters then came back. "We'd like to stay at the sacred site." "For how long?" "Well, overnight." She got them to go a while later. Which kind of raises an obvious question. If I'm interested in travel and art and cultures... and time travel, shouldn't I go up to the Hollywood sign and stare off into the distance until the next morning? I'd bring a beach chair, wear sunblock... But what might I learn?

[@SailorJames]

If you haven’t yet you should read Cook and Banks’ journals about the first interactions with the aboriginal people, they were the only native peoples in the world they had met who placed zero value on objects. So they couldn’t be traded with. They also simply looked at the HMS Endeavour as if they were looking through it and some ignored the ships entirely because it was so unlike anything they had ever seen they chose to simply ignore it

[@WillN2Go1]

@@SailorJames Thanks James. Amazing. Great recommendation. I'll look for the journals.

[@-suncheez-]

The amount of restrictions for dogs is insane. Looks like I'm not going neither to NZ nor AU at least while my dog is alive. Btw, thanks for the videos.

[@SailorJames]

Most island counties won’t allow dogs either, cruising with dogs greatly restricts where you can go

[@willknight1005]

Lots of places won't allow Pitbulls and other breeds.

[@budawang77]

Australia is rabies free so it is hard to import a dog.

[@BenSymington]

[@Afftec]

An interesting fact for those so inclined: Anna Bligh, a long term Premier of the State of Queensland is a direct descendant of Capt Bligh of the bounty. That family are more attracted to QLD than a fly to a poo. Anna Maria Bligh AC (born 14 July 1960) is an Australian lobbyist and former politician who served as the 37th Premier of Queensland, in office from 2007 to 2012 as leader of the Queensland Labor Party. She was the first woman to hold either position. In 2017, she was appointed CEO of the Australian Banking Association.

[@SailorJames]

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing

[@budawang77]

And Captain Bligh later became governor of New South Wales which, at the time, included Queensland.

[@Royrobinson8888]

Anything but salt pepper and lemon on fresh caught tuna is a crime against Poseidon

[@SailorJames]

Bro, relax 😂

[@Royrobinson8888]

@ jokes bro, all in good fun

[@Romans3-cnj]

Do you guys ever look for shark teeth?

[@SailorJames]

Yes but have yet to find any

[@jaysummers9396]

​​@@SailorJamesHahaha that's so funny, I'm always looking for gold 😂..

[@michaeldusso6882]

Unlike manatees, dugongs have forked tails, whereas most mermaids have forked tongues !!!

[@andresinnett4319]

Ps , not starting aspeshens , but if u look at the true history i to nothern australia , you'll find tales of cannibalism , books were written , of eyewitness events , it was noted during the gold rush in australia , the local tribe in the cape , were known as the Merkins , apparently it wasn't an uncommon site , to see Chinese minors hanging by their pony tales from tree branches , apparently , this was to keep them fresh 😂

[@SailorJames]

Cannibalism was practiced in Fiji until the 1890s

[@DaleShirley-o1u]

This episode is a bit fishy if you know what I mean!

[@DaleShirley-o1u]

Very old graffiti 😂

[@steveshap6219]

Lieutenant Bligh, after returning to England in 1790, was brought to trial after the mutiny. The charge was losing his ship, The Bounty, to the mutineers (Fletcher Christian, etc). Instead of convicting him, the Admiralty promoted him to captain because of his seamanship on the launch.

[@SailorJames]

Yep yep

[@steveshap6219]

@@SailorJames 1,200 permanent residence on Pitcairne Island today. 90% are direct decendence of Fletcher Christian.

[@SailorJames]

Yeah I have many friends who have sailed there