Date/time: Mar 27, 2006 12:00 local Position at noon: 13001' S & 129009' E Noon to noon: 0 nm Avg. speed: 5.5 kts Course bearing: 63 0T Sea state & wx: NE 15 to 20 kts, seas NE 5 feet, sun & cloud Crew Ben, Brad & Kevin Goal: Stay in Darwin about 5 days To go: 1 day to Darwin Remarks: Learned on radio that day before yesterday they had 10 " rain in King Geo. drainage area so falls were once in a lifetime high. They even increased flow from morning until we left. So much mist that pictures not great. Charter boat 'True North' was going in when we were leaving so may have comments and pictures on thier website. We spoke with them and he was glad they were here because a cyclone is forming farther west and will be a hazard and before that Floyd was causing trouble there. We are good going east into decent weather. There have been numerous cyclones through here the last 10 days and we have been lucky to miss them. The west coast where we came up will be bad for a while yet and has been for a week. Ben, Brad, & Kevin -- Ben Gray Idlewild Custom Buehler 55 powered by a 55-hp Kubota Home port: Dunvegan, Alberta http://www.idlewildexpedition.ca/ http://dieselducks.com/Idelwild.html http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com/ Where to follow Idlewild if you have Google Earth installed: http://tinyurl.com/ksnhg For the JPEG version: http://tinyurl.com/ovdt7