I had set the alarm for 0240. I had messages from Andrea and Diane cancelling due to rain. I looked outside and saw that the ground was wet but the rain had died to a drizzle. I decided to press on and drive to Ethel Beach. I parked and realised that it was pitch black. […]

Going for the spawning I set the alarm for 0330 as I needed to be at Flying Fish Cove for the spawning at 0400. I cycled in. A group of people were at the boat ramp. There was a group of crabs but it wasn’t impressive. I looked further to the beach head to see […]

I started the day going to the Tourist Information Centre to get an update on the spawning. While it was originally expected on the mornings of Sat 26th and maybe Fri 25th, they now thought it would be more Thu 24th and Fri 25th. To explore the island I also needed a car. But the […]

I woke too early at 0500. It was meant to be a lazy sleep-in with a 1300 departure. I bused to the airport. Check-in opened shortly after I arrived. I was issued with a standby pass at first but the agent immediately assigned me a seat manually. After a brunch upstairs, I organised my transfer […]

Above:  Catering for my Christmas Island stay. I woke with some priorities in my mind. Accommodation on Christmas Island’s township was nearly booked out. I did one final check of the Virgin’s flight availability and decided that I should get on, on standby. With that, I rang the last remaining place in the township, the […]

Again, the forecast was for rain. It looked OK around 0700 so I progressed with my plan to take the 0710 bus to the jetty for the ferry to Home Island. In general Malays live on Home Island while white people on West Island. This was my chance to see how Cocos Malays live. Both […]

The forecast was for rain today. It didn’t look promising when I woke up very early. But by around 0700 things cheered up; I gotta remember that I am waking up very early and the clouds can burn off. I cycled south this time to Scout Park which came highly recommended. The headwind was awfully […]