GIANT FISH; We Sailed To a New Country.

G'day guys, we've officially reached the final stretch of remote Australia. In this episode we're trying to catch dinner back to basic style and we're exploring some remote almost forgotten islands of northern Australia where we come across one of the rarest and most endangered species in the world. A sawfish. These wild creeks and untouched islands are something we're really going to miss but it's time to set our sights on the horizon and attempt our very first international crossing subscribe to the channel to join us for the ride i've got a feeling this is going to be a pretty wild one and as always thanks so much to our crew on Patreon for supporting and helping make this possible i wonder how old this is nothing to the next one to the next spot there's There's a barrier in there that would be the cast. Not much luck with the rod, but Jack has got another weapon. We spotted something here, Frank. We spotted something big, haven't ya? Yep, sandbank, but that tide's coming quick, so I think we've got kind of like one shot at him. One's swimming around so fast. Yeah, that's in there. This mullet that we spotted, it's very atypical. It's huge, and he staunches around like if he's a predator of some sort. It's just weird how he acts. One that's saying staying still, but I want that big one. Yeah, that one doesn't stay still, hey? Well, it's a little mangrove jack. Oh, what a big crab. The jack is away and it's a bit deep for me to go by myself. You want to get him? You want to get him? I think it was too deep and yeah, what's your excuse? With the wind and the, he couldn't quite aim right. I don't know what happened. I missed it completely, and then the crab then grabbed onto the spear, and then he let go of his claw, so, yeah. Oh well, we've got a call for lunch. Oh, a sawfish, a sawfish, oh my goodness. A sawfish, look, he's coming right in the shallows. That's a pretty cool, can you see the eyes over there? That is so cool, one of the rarest animals in Australia, it just swam straight past us. It's a good size as well. That's incredible, epic, how cool is that? I was not expecting that. Yeah, I thought it was a shovel nose. No way, that's so cool. Right, let's sneak through the mangroves here and see if we can get something on the bow. Nice one. First shot. This is such a great little ambush spot. A whole school of them came past. Nice, beautiful mangrove jack. Fish on. That is the right species anyway. Oh, he just spat the hook. He just spat the hook, bugger. That was a barramundi. Right on dark. Finally! I've been casting like a hundred times and had so many scary thoughts. Scary thoughts. Something's chasing those mullet. I hope it's not a crocodile. Whatever it is, it's going nuts. Wow, he's still got a lot of kicking to do. They must have hit my popper like 50 times. Yeah. Every second time. Come on up. Oh, he's huge, Fran. Big queenie. Oh, wow. Nice one. Nice fish. it goes oh look at them going wow too big for us it goes oh look at them going wow come on is that a finger mark oh no trevally it's a good trevally it's a nice one isn't it the colors so bright nice fish can you get him up here yeah nice one yeah we'll release him do you want to let me release him for you bye nice fish let's go explore somewhere new right down in the corner here looks pretty cool into the river where have you got the right species perhaps the wrong size a little mangrove jack something's caught our eye up here come check this out i think a step on it a graveyard of oysters and shell middens look there is so many they love the oysters Oysters are definitely the favorite meal, hey? Wow, it's a huge pile. So for those that hadn't picked it up, this is an ancient feeding area for the aboriginal people, basically. They were referred to as a shell midden site, but this is where they would have sat and eaten oysters over years and years and years, and then it accumulates a huge big pile like we're seeing here today. There's another even bigger one over here, Fran. What did you find? This could be an axe head, Fran, an axe. This is more or less what this aboriginal axe would have looked like, with the stone head secured to a wooden handle using string or natural fibres. Pretty cool find. Made it to the top of a sand dune and now down a valley. And up we go again. Last one down is a rotten egg. Look at that. We were not expecting that. It's a full freshwater billabong. That's amazing, so nice and peaceful, the birds chirping in the background. It's like the Kimberley, huh? It does, doesn't it? Well, we wanted to get to that rock, but... We were hoping to get to there. We kept exploring, we never know where to go, but let's explore down this way. That's the view. Couldn't get to any rocks. Get ready for impact. Ready for impact. Whoa. Don't leave. Let it go. Look at this huge, big, overhanging ledge, Fran. Just like balancing over the... Yeah. Did you spot something? Yeah, come check this out. this is pretty cool come around here oh my god yeah and have a look up on the roof how did they even get up there this that's a really really impressive this giant what looked like dugong this one is definitely a dolphin and then there's other schools of what looked like the fish you find in the shallows here yeah like mullets and milkfish maybe trevally stuff that's a trevally kangaroo you reckon yeah wow there how did they get up there this is the best art gallery you could ever ask for i remember chatting to an indigenous older bloke in the kimberley and he described when they painted on the ceiling of the caves like this because they're very superstitious and believe in the spirits and that that type of thing it was to let like other people know that came through that like oh this is maybe the people here can fly or they have sort of you know extra extra abilities to fly and paint on the caves of the roof so they would like to scare them off yeah i don't know if that's what happened here but it's a pretty cool story anyway how the hell did it get out there how did they get up there i don't know this fish is gnarly camouflage you come here to steal my AG1 i thought we were going to share it yeah you can have a bit we have been drinking ag1 five years now and why do you drink it why do you like it all right my favorite things about AG1 is that it's super convenient i can have it every morning no matter what and i feel like i've done something good for myself so even if that day i don't feel like exercising or eating well if i have AG1 in the morning i've done something for myself and i've started the day with the right foot yeah great reason yeah we are gonna tell me yours yes thanks for asking we actually get this question all the time in the comments guys so hence while we're explaining it but for For me, I love how convenient it is as well. 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That's what I love about it. what and it's a lucky day because we have a QR code with a discount or you can click also the link in the description which will get your free immune support bundle including omega-3 fish oil and vitamin D3 and K2 on top of that guys that QR code and link will also unlock a 90 day money back guarantee so if you've heard us chatting about it for years now is your best time to try for yourself see if you like it otherwise your money back win-win situation guys hope you enjoy it and now we got a massive sail ahead so let's do it wish us luck we're off and sailing with so many little bays and hidden coves to explore so we're just slowly cruising the wind behind you there behind the camera is very strong we've just got the small sail up we're cruising at about six knots up the coast out behind the boat here is incredible sandstone cliffs we just wonder how many different caves are full of rock art and paintings in there unfortunately we won't get a chance to explore that section of coastline but look at that huge cave there Fran i know i want to see the whole yeah same same we're heading up around the corner and hopefully there's some cool things to check out around the corner as well pretty shitty sea state at the moment and uh there's a big sort of storm coming behind us so we're trying to get in around this point it looks so nice jack what have you been snacking on let's go go go we've just spotted a big school of squid right in close to the shore let's see if we can go get them all right let's try and go get them we haven't got a squid yet this trip they're some of the best eating things you they're just off these rocks here these squids have proven to be really smart they just disappear as we arrive very well camouflaged what happened oh i found them again but they completely spooked so they're out in the middle of the bay we'll need to use the tender to get to them jump on let's see if we can catch up with them get back here you little buggers we've got the the drone i don't know if it's cheating but we're gonna use it to our advantage bird's eye view looking down at the squid straight in front of it go go go paddle paddle paddle oh are they straight below us now oh they're so deep is that them or is that fish so much pressure they're right in front of us really yeah oh but they they scare are they running away oh no they're running away really I can see them at one o'clock go go go oh they're a bit deep as well go go they're at 11 o'clock 11 o'clock 10 o'clock come back here you buggers they're onto us friend one last shot at them which way how far drive at them I can't see them okay They're going fast! They're going fast! I think they're onto us. Oh they outsmarted us. We've been outsmarted by a school of squid bugger We should have brought a squid jig instead of a spear. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah Yeah, well steaks for dinner. Steaks for dinner. Jack I reckon I got something stuck in my eyes It certainly looks like it. Does it hurt? I've been having a headache for four days and my eye was really sore but we just realised there's something stuck in it because it got red and Jack and I both realised there's something in it. A bit of a morning update that you don't want to hear. What happened Jack? I think we gotta go back to Australia. Unfortunately it's a medical emergency. Fran needs to go to hospital to get this thing out of her eye. We've tried everything overnight. We've tried the hose we've tried the tap we've tried poking and prodding at it but it's it's lodged in there it needs to um we've talked to jack's mom which is a doctor we talked to my optometrist and they everyone reckons you need to get it out asap it's been in there for we think four days but we only realized yesterday because it got really infected but yeah i think it happened when i was sanding so that was four days ago. Bit of a lesson learned? Yeah. Safety glasses on if you're sanding. All right. All right we've got a hell of a sail to get back but let's get you to hospital. Let's do it. Let's do it. Coming up. Yeah all right now we really need to follow my hand so drive straight that way. Yeah good job. But our sails are just falling apart that really doesn't look good up the front there one of the beams is sticking out hopefully it doesn't fall off all right going down we were racing the sunset all day and we have just made it back to the anchorage as the sun's setting behind us and we're gonna get Fran straight into hospital i'm actually really nervous oh yeah yeah what are you scared of i'm scared i'm gonna be blind yeah i hope that they don't stuff it up the whole idea of having a sharp tool poking in my eye to get the foreign object out was stressing me out a bit but luckily the doctor was an absolute champion and got it out quickly and painlessly now i just have to make sure it doesn't get infected but with that little drama behind us it's time to set our sights on new horizons and take Rami further than we've ever been before we're officially checking out of Australia and taking our floating home across international waters Indonesia here we come this is going to be our biggest crossing yet wish us luck and then this shackle of the starboard bow came off and it's under a lot of tension here so jack is gonna jump into croc water and try to reassemble it all together this wasn't how i wanted our first swim do you want to give me the other one to get it off your hands? Can you lock this one off as well? Yeah. Oh no. you made a swing Ram is so light that we're actually doing two or three knots without the sails or the engine up almost there A bit of a temporary fix, but we'll see how it goes. All right, we are off and sailing. it really feels like we're on a race against time a little bit late getting underway this morning due to some maintenance and the wind has dropped right off we're only going at kind of five knots at the moment if we want to kind of reach our goals each day we need to really pick up the speed maybe with these squalls that come there's going to be some wind so it's rare that we're actually hoping for wind but that's definitely the case the next few days there we go it doesn't take much a little bit more breeze and we're now doing seven knots so hopefully that can hang around That wind has finally arrived. We're averaging 10 knots and picking up to 12 knots as we're kind of surfing down these waves, so it's exciting, but we don't want too much more wind. How are you feeling, Fran? Pretty good. Chilled? Nice. Look at us going. 11 knots. All right, sails are up. We're leaving this anchorage. Looks like a pretty nice day. We've got about 15 knots of wind coming from, I mean, that direction kind of behind us. How does it look Fran? What's the plan? We're aiming for another 70 miles today. Kind of got to do that every day to get to where we need to be, so wish us luck. Oh shark, shark, shark, shark, shark. We lost it. We were going too fast. The sharks were after it. The fish was jumping. That was crazy but he got away. Something else jumped on. We're so excited because we haven't had the chance to eat fish while sailing every day all day. You're gonna have to let him go, he's too small. Oh no. How's it going? Big wobbly in here. Smells good. Coming along. It's so nice to have some fresh fish to work with. What is it? It's fresh Spanish mackerel in a crust of soy sauce, honey, sugar, sesame seeds, on a bed of caramelized onion, cabbage. Yum. And that's it. Sounds great. That's such a cutie. Yum. And spring onion. Come on over guys. Yeah they are. A couple of dolphins coming over for a surf. What is it? Oh it's a mackerel. Oh you want me to use the gun? Nice one. This will be dinner and lunch for a couple of days, Just what we needed, beautiful Spanish mackerel No, what do you mean no? No, it's gonna spool us Oh no, no, right at some point, oh no we lost it That was our dinner, that was our dinner, look we've got like one or two wraps now, look on here from the line it was sizzling, my god, did you see what it was, I didn't see it either, it was jumping, we've just dropped anchor, some shallow rocks all around us, but hopefully we're in a safe spot, we've sailed into the night but we've managed to reach our goal 71 miles for the day, which we're pretty happy about, time for a big feed and um, won't be long off bed I don't think How are you going? We're getting there, we're hoping to catch a little tuna, not a huge problem Oh, it's right on the surface, oh my, oh it's bigger than I thought old man and the sea kind of a battle that's the biggest fish we've caught on board the yacht what a start to our new adventure, well done friend albino remora, yeah I'm gonna get him back in there Oh, it's gone down That was awesome. It's crazy No way did I think we were going to catch a marlin. I can't believe we did that. After four days we finally see land. That's Indonesia right there and we're only eight hours away Is there been a bed for the person on watch? Oh so exciting the water is finally crystal clear blue. We're almost there, hey Fran Yeah we're gonna get there in the dark. we didn't want to arrive in the night time but unfortunately that's how it's going to work out hopefully we dodge the local fishing boats on the way in wish us luck fingers crossed here comes another wave what an awesome way to come in we're literally surfing down that wave we got down to 14 knots that's our top speed for the whole trip here comes another one here we go that's what we're looking at the speed we certainly don't They don't want to push it too much, but it's pretty cool going that fast. Oh, there's a wave. How cool is that, eh? Does it feel real that we're in Indonesia yet? No, until we anchor. Yeah, we've got a bit of a dark channel to get through we're quite nervous about, and then it's time to celebrate. Oh, hang on. Already, Jack has gone to pick up the customs guys. We got all our paperwork ready. And yeah, we're in Japan. Do you see the flag zone? Exciting! Hopefully everything goes to plan. Agi, are you done? Yeah, it looks like there's only a few of us left. Maybe there's a rusted one. There's a quarantine one. We'll let you know when we get there. It blew off on the way over. Yeah, we lost it. We had strong wind. So... Which one you have is in both of you? Yes. now that we're legally in the country it's time to leave the big smoke behind and set sail for somewhere remote where did they go every time i start filming the dolphins probably about 20 minutes off our anchorage and we've just caught a beautiful spanish mackerel that's going to be dinner for a couple of nights so beautiful beautiful perfect timing too the sun it's just setting over the horizon so many birds they're welcoming us i can't believe that i'm so happy yeah so am i when we set out for this adventure we said in the first episode we want to sail across the top of australia into indonesia and right behind us guys is uh we're in indonesia so we've done it what an incredible adventure did you enjoy that one that part of the world is absolutely wild the crocodile the barramundi the fishing the bird life it's just so alive we really weren't sure what to expect hey but like some of the the aboriginal history with the cave paintings and and that type of thing which we stumbled across was just incredible we hope some of that excitement came across to you guys uh following along in the adventure with us yeah we weren't sure if we caught your attention without the diving but i think you guys really liked it and we're so happy about it yeah thanks i hope you liked it but we'll see you next sunday with a brand new series and we're back diving we're back surfing we're back doing what we can do best yeah that's right when one adventure door closes another one opens and we're now about 18 000 islands to explore all around here in indonesia it's going to keep us busy for a little while you guys on patreon will of course probably know what we've been up to you will have had behind the scenes sneak peeks and Q&A. So if that sounds interesting to the rest of you, you're welcome to join us on Patreon and that also helps fuel these type of adventures. So thanks to the crew on there. We'll see you here next Sunday. See you guys. Thank you so much for watching. Thanks a lot. Cheers.