For reasons we don't fully understand a thumbs up really helps the algothingamepop. And, as always, thank you for helping keep us afloat and supporting the creative process. You can be part of the crew for less than the price of a coffee. www.patreon.com/CruisingKiwis

@Draconisrex1

2 жыл бұрын

It's an engagement metric. Three things help - sharing the video to other places, thumbs up (OR DOWN for that matter) and comments.

@dennisbell4542

2 жыл бұрын

Rachel and Rob, You really missed the opportunity to reiterate David Lange's comment. "I Can Smell The Uranium On Your Breath"

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

@@dennisbell4542 ohhhhh yes of course. Such a great speech.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

@@Draconisrex1 thank you for the information. And for helping the algothingamepop!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

@James Packard haha thanks James. Both of you should keep hitting the water together and you'll be sweet.

A vacation without internet meant a delay to watching this one. It was well worth the wait. Editing and storytelling was spot on.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian. We've been without internet too and didn't manage to upload this week's episode.

I really enjoy and appreciate the little history lessons you often insert in your videos.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Robin. We figure if we're interested in the history some others might be too. Though we've had a small bit of feedback to the contrary we hope to continue.

@VicuSan

4 ай бұрын

Yes! Keep inserting this bits of history and other interesting or rare facts about places you visit ​@@TheCruisingKiwis

LOVED the editing Rachel! And the choice is music was on point. Job well done!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bernard. The Web site looks great. Drafted an email reply.

Good to visit with you all today....I did see Declan and Ivan on Sailing Zatara today as well.....interesting music.....another great video....please take care and stay safe!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks JC. You may or may not have recognised the last tune. It was a hit in the 80s.

Cool episode! I'm pleased that you didn't let your culinary curiosity get the better of you Rob! Com'on people, don't forget to hit that like button!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Sense finally prevailed for Rob on this one. More research required. Thumbs up!

I've been catching up over the past few months and am nearly caught up to you in real-time. I have to tell you that you guys are my favorite sailing channel. Keep up the great work and please keep the videos coming.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris, that's lovely to hear. I'm impressed you got through the back log! If you know anyone you think might enjoy please feel free to share the love. 😊

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

PS if you are on any forums a mention would certainly help. 🙂

@super_man_can7802

2 жыл бұрын

👌

Great video of the hammer head. Thanks for sharing. The shark was so calm.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't he. Just in for a scavenge, but so cautious of the dead fish.

Awesome watching that hammerhead feed, wow, great work catching that footage!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Derek. Rob got pretty up close and personal for those shots😊

Judging by the size of the dorsal fin, I’d say that was an Oceanic Hammerhead! The nasty bastards! Usually, although, my experience is on the northern east coast of Australia. Hammerheads are usually quite docile. I’ve done shark feeds in the Coral Sea, with a large school of Hammerheads nearby on one occasion, they didn’t even come and look....!? We used dogtooth tuna frames, and all sharks seem to especially love those! Any who, Oceanic Hammerheads are bad News to swim with! As for the beans......🤷🏻‍♂️ Thanks for sharing. 😎🏖🌴☀️🇦🇺

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jack. Gosh we swam there heaps thankfully with no problem. I guess it's all fed.

Thank you great video! ❤️

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Suzanne.

Great episode as usual. This one was so well edited and felt so cinematic. Possible poisonous beans?? No worries get the expendable first husband to try them!! 😀

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Fear nought, Rob is hoping get the traditional recipe and check he has the right beans. Then it's all go on expandability.

Great episode love the start love it all. That hammerhead!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

WOW so beautiful -thanks 4sharing guys.Loved the hammerhead his eye up close was kinda surreal. The larger agenda?? Yes years of corrupt gov- scare tactics In the age of information ignorance is a choice. No one is more hated than he who specks the truth. So nice to see you guys living & exploring our beautiful planet while the kids get best living & learning our universe has2offer.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you tvSquareEyes. It would seem your eyes are not square after all!

Yup it's all about control behind the scenes. Awesome to see the fish life. No nukes. Great watch 😊

@TheCruisingKiwis

Жыл бұрын

Hmmmm indeed it is. Just who is pulling the strings few know.

Wildlife is spectacular! Robs colorful collection of clothing is rather spectacular too!! 😜

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

🤣 Rob's an eclectic dresser.

Cool episode! Wow lots of work for a few beans.. Cool shark pets :) the Cruising Kiwis Wild Kingdom!! :)

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah we were pretty stoked to see the hammerhead. And that fin!!

Lovely begining with the two birdies while Declan is getting ready for his Kite surfing trainning!! What a nice opening shots, drone and all. Guess he answere is Rob was right. And the author of that receip, seeing you (luckily for us!😂) still well alive and cruissing rough and quite seas. Well done Finn and Ivan for that skating trick!! And Rob, Rachel, I admire your cold bload. Filming (even with the" hanmade selfie stick"). those hammerhead sharks sooo close!! The music choice was great, Rachel. It must been. Guess Ivan did enjoy that lobster, right? Or not, like that fish? Indeed, Rachel, they want us to be scared but we musn't. Or not too much. As The Beatles say, Life is to short (for fearing, fussing and fighting). But yes, indeed is infuriating how they could bomb such a paradise. Thanks for another amazing, interesting and funny (those out takes😂 Big yay for that jump, Ivan!) vlog.

@TheCruisingKiwis

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I reckon this is one of the best beginnings to an episode Rachel has done. I love the music and the build up to Declan getting going on the foil. Yeah no beans for lunch!! The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Just wow! That is top quality filming and editing, humour, informative, and so entertaining.. thank you.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure Alf, thank you.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure Alf, thank you.

Awesome footage guys! Looks like a great place to relax and explore. Glad you didn't eat the beans Rob. Great idea for a skate park!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mick. Not sure how we didn't reply. At the montes again.

@micktremayne2184

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCruisingKiwis No worries, just make sure you guys enjoy yourselves! 👍

Great experiment, Rob; teaching sharks to feed off boats!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

There's a charter boat in this bay that feeds dozens of fish carcasses every day. I know we were not helping but we didn't teach them, they're already into that.

Brilliant episode. Fast becoming a favourite channel. Loved the music as well. Even tried unsuccessfully to find some of the artists on YT.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Darren. We get our music from music bed but should be on Spotify. See artists in description. Kiwi band Cricket Farm are great too.

Foiling is cool....Nice episode , miss you Robert

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Robert, miss you guys too. Hope you are well and life is grand in Denmark.

They did drop bombs on the mainland of Australia as well... From 1952 to 1963, the British government, with the permission of the Australian government, conducted a series of nuclear weapons development tests in Australia. The testing occurred at Maralinga, South Australia; Montebello Islands, Western Australia and Emu Field, South Australia.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gavin. Doesn't it make you wonder how they got permission to do that? Such poor foresight.

that was another great video

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Kerry

Fritz and I can’t wait for the day we sail these islands in our own boat. Almost 12 K kiwis!!!!!!!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

You will love it. Then sail onto Rowley Shoals. Even better.

Awesome shots of that Hammerhaed!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark we were pretty stoked though I was disappointed I lifted the camera too high during the bite.

I think that hammerhead was wanting to be fed by hand too!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

He kind of was holding the knot of the rope attached to the tail while holding go pro in the other, hence the poor footage at the crucial moment.

Awesome video guys ! Thanks for all the information you provided. 😉

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bernie. If you take nothing else from this, stay away from the beans.

In the 80's the end of the world was always just around the corner. I lived in both Sweden and England. In Sweden everyone had large purpose built shelters. In England we only had a mattress under the stairs.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds about right😊. We are very impressed with our Swedish cousins for various reasons.

You made me think! 🤔 I ate and sold Mercury Marlin in the mid-80's 😲 At that time, it sure tasted good. Would I do it again? Without a doubt. As for the beans, like I heard "there's plenty of food on the boat". Glad you also passed... on eating the beans. I'd pass on the beans, too!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steven, still plenty of mercury, PCBs, etc in Marlin. I'd nibble on it given the opportunity too.

Dang it! If Rob had eaten the beans we might have been treated to radioactive, glow in the dark flatulence!! Oh what a missed opportunity Kiwis!! Maybe not so good for the long suffering Rachel. Anyway, that was a hugenormous hammerhead. See you next week folks…be well.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

🤣 I'm happy Rob didn't try the beans, it's windy enough on-board. How was that dorsal fin?

@larrimos

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched the shark sequence a few times now and a few observations. Obviously Rob was stoked. I wonder if the steps maybe have some sort of errant electrical charge? Or maybe they were just the most convenient place for the sharks to be curious. I can tell you without a doubt that had I been in the water when that dorsal fin broke the surface, Olympic speed records would have been shattered….so would my shorts.😱

@lozzinozz8318

2 жыл бұрын

WA has enough wind. No need for flatulence!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

@@larrimos another supporter wrote a brilliant piece in another comment on the subject of the sharks sensors. I'll see if I can find it and post here.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

@@lozzinozz8318 agreed

That was amazing!!!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lee. I loved seeing that hammerhead.

What a fantastic time you are having. It’s so cool to see the boys with the Zatara kids. Wonderful memories for them in years to come

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah really great to hang out with them. So enjoyable.

I like the footage and the topics you present. Glad to find you.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. May I ask how you found us?

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. May I ask how you found us?

@californiakayaker

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCruisingKiwis I do watch a little Zatara, but I'll be watching a lot of what you do. Looks like . Thanks. KZread is so complex that they could also have introduced you, I am introduced to a ton of sailing channels. I do reviews, I have playlists for special things.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

@@californiakayaker thanks for letting us know. When we grow up I hope one day we will be special enough to review :-)

That was amazing experience with the Hammerhead!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Sure was. Probably never see anything like that again.

@gebi4pejo1

2 жыл бұрын

I think I told you, we watched a Hammerhead at Shark Bay hunt down a couple of shovel nose sharks, we were looking from Eagle Bluff lookout. Just watching the sharks cruising the shoreline at Francois Peron at Shark bay also one minute you see Dugongs, WA is a bloody magic environment…❤️

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

@@gebi4pejo1 yeah it sure is fantastic.

Very interesting. you'll be glowing in the dark soon.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Rachel's natural glow will dominate, always. Aww..

I love that I can get a history lesson every time I watch your videos. The sharks are amazing. Love the kiting every time you show it. When Rob grows an a extra arm you will know the radiation was not good. Love your videos 💖💕💖💕

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Allison, I'll keep a watch for the extra limb. We learn as much as anyone from our journey knowing little before we get to a place.

Amazing Hammerhead footage! They are so strange. I saw a small one a couple years ago in western Florida. Great show. Thank you.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Hammerheads are extraordinary. That head and those eyes?

@Nothing-ns7tf

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately feeding the shark from the back of the boat is not a good idea. Just have a think about what you are teaching it.

Cheers 💚🍀👍

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Congrats on 12K subscribers!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, we appreciate your support.

You guys have got some great drone footage, really clear and great colours. I get the fear of bombs going off, I remember my grandad freaking me out that War was coming to New Zealand when I was like 7...

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

I think New Zealand was the best place to be in the 80's if war had broken out. Many would say it still is.

Ivan! A man after my own heart - I don’t do fish either! Not sure if it was because I was forced to eat it as a child and not aloud to leave table till I had had some or go to bed without dinner at all! Ivan I hope you stay around - that looked pretty scary to me jumping from that high! Oh to be young again. Keep up the great work guys your music selection is great. That song you had play soon after 13min was kind if ideal for the place you were at. Keep it up The Cruising Kiwis.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve. Ivan will eat fish very occasionally like if at someone else's boat. Generally speaking he avoid it. I know that second spreader jump was horrifically scary to watch.

Amazing video and the shark footage is better than some of the TV natural history docs, thank you

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Malcolm. I was so very disappointed with myself when I didn't hold the camera in place underwater properly at that critical moment. Thankfully, we still got to see the sharks mouth in action. On that, I was surprised at how non scary that mouth looked!

Those beans are so tempting, …said nobody. 400 year old recipe? What could go wrong? Love that they found a spot to skateboard but aren’t the wheels all chalky? Hammerhead - holy crap, National Geographic level filming there!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

I really want to try the actual beans they ate with the recipe the aboriginals taught the survivors. How was the fin on that shark?!

Hey guys. "Rob's Roulette" has become more complex. Right bean? Wrong bean? Radiation? Not radiation? I had heard about the bomb testing on the mainland, but not in the Montebello Islands. When I lived in Britain in the 90s people still talked about the 4 minute warning! Ivan is starting to look a lot like Dec!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

I think it was a wise choice not to eat the beans. Double whammy, poisonous and radioactive. It seems Rob has found his limit.

@owenpotter2459

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCruisingKiwis I'm just surprised he had a limit.😂

@lozzinozz8318

2 жыл бұрын

Getting soft Rob?

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

@@lozzinozz8318 I hope to find out more on of it is the correct bean and traditional preparation then have a taste.

It’s early in the mornin’, The east is blue and grey, Sippin’ coffee, sittin’ thinkin’, About the things we’ll do today. Roosters crowing in the orchard, Where he’ll strut thru all his day, Rabbits munching in the front yard, Seem to have a life of play! Up above the air is silent, Songbirds,all ,have headed south, Tiny, yet so cognizant, Of the season’s, cold, or drought. Here comes my son all sleepy eyed, Asking what we’ll do…. Are we working on that shed? I say yes, he says, love you. I wish these days would never end! This gorgeous early fall, And I wish, as I hit ‘send’ Blessings to,the Kiwi’s, all!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

That's a beautiful way to start the day not just for you but for us readers too.

@leidersammlung6955

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCruisingKiwislooks like I’m not the only one who rhymes sometimes😁 Thanks for the reply, fair winds and happy sailing!

Those beans sounded awfully hard when hitting the plate. After soaking for two days and boiling they should have been softer. Great episode, as usual. Thank you.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bill. They seemed soft when boiling, seemed being the operative word.

@BillB23

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCruisingKiwis Those seemings must be watched, musn't they?

uber cool intro

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Simon.

Great episode Amazing footage of the Hammerhead 😲😲 Also good history lesson, me and my wife were discussing living in the 80's too in the UK recently and the 'threat' of the button !!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that fear pervaded society completely didn't it. Had a huge effect on young folk.

I'm glad Rob did not eat the poisonous, irradiated beans.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'm intent on finding the correct bean and aboriginal recipe.🙂

Someones spending too much time with the yanks, -starting to sound one lol :-)

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Oh dear, when, what and where?

Wow that shark feeding footage was fantastic- well done! Also, are you planning to go to the Maldives with Zatara?

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joanna. We are deliberating that right now.

Great intro, music fit in perfect 👍

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

We felt it was rather stirring stuff.

Awesome! Go Declan!! Nice job. Are the Foils comparatively more difficult to learn? Cant believe Ivan jumped from that height as well. Wonderful seeing you guys enjoy the journey so much. Hope you have better luck Lobstering! Looks yummy. We have Louisiana Crawfish.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

The foil is a little tricker at turning but is a great toy for low wind days. Unfortunately a little out of our price range, so great that Keith was happy for Declan to borrow one of theirs.

If anything ever needed a nuclear bomb dropped on them, it's gotta be those red sunglasses, Rob. Ha! Are they the same beans we found on Sam's Island?

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

They were very economically priced polarised sunniest that since then have mysteriously disappeared. Could be the same type of bean, not sure.

Imagine if you carried Geiger counters,like in mad max ,wonder what the readings would be there?another great episode ,I know it takes hours to film and edit each episode,thanks for sharing your adventures ,and glad Rob didnt test the beans toxicity, was that a giant grouper called Bruce?

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Louis. Wish we had a Geiger counter. Would be interesting. Bruce is indeed a groper of gargantuan persuasion.

👍👍👍👍👍

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Michael

Ref sharks, there are sharks off the east coast of oz, sharks off the south coast and you`ve seen that we have sharks off our west coast. There are no sharks off the north coast, you`ll be pleased to know. The crocs ate `em all . :)

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bert that's very reassuring.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

PS love your email Bert. Feel free to post it in the comments. Very interesting. Or, if you don't mind, I'd like to add it to our pinned comment.

@bertmacdonald337

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCruisingKiwis see further mail.

Nice show guys. 'Bruce'? For Bruce Rayner? He was Steven Spielberg's lawyer when filming "Jaws." The mechanical shark used in that movie was nicknamed Bruce. His legend lives on in a mutant (radioactive?) critter of some sort. Was that Sting singing during the atomic testing sequence? Best regards as always.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Daniel, once more you are a wealth of knowledge. Didn't the jaws story. Rob's friend Bruce is a giant grouper. They love to hang out around boats and as a protected species know they are safe. That was a cover of sting's song but sounds a lot like the original. We felt it fitted the occasion.

@danielwardin4688

2 жыл бұрын

That was one mother grouper! Geeeeez.....

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@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

That hammerhead looked cross-eyed ... 🔰

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

I guess it was a slow day at the office when hammerheads were created. Why? just why?

@OnTourWithPattiSmith

2 жыл бұрын

The Cruising Kiwis The boss, “Larry you can’t put the eyes so close together!” Larry, “I’ll teach that guy for criticizing me!”

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

@@OnTourWithPattiSmith brilliant I can see that conversion.

@super_man_can7802

2 жыл бұрын

Cross eyed!!

What ever you do don't go back to Australia those crazy lock downs Are something else As always Great Show Denny from Minnesota

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

We are still in Western Australia Denny. No lock downs here though border is closed.

@dennybarlau8065

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCruisingKiwis civil war is starting every where with the Bullshit Jabs

@lozzinozz8318

2 жыл бұрын

Denny, I live in Australia, please don’t believe the nonsense you see on Fox news and the internet. All is well here. No civil war, no kids dying from vaccinations.

@dennybarlau8065

2 жыл бұрын

@@lozzinozz8318 what side east or west?

He might not have been attacking the steps . Their electromagnetic sense is a field. When it comes close to an object that gives off its own field , they get confused.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

I think you're right Andrew, thanks! From the we've learned since it seems to be the case.

🦐👌

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Audrey.

WOW, living on a boat and Ivan not liking fish !! Poor Ivan would have starved to death on some of my trips. Fish for breakfast, lunch and dinner, 24/7/30ish ....................almost !! Maybe a sheep or goat on deck for Ivans dietary requirements ??

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

I think Rob's fish curries got to him. He will very occasionally have a small portion ladled with tomatoes sauce.

@super_man_can7802

2 жыл бұрын

He's missing out.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

@@super_man_can7802 he sure is.

Those sharks were so cool. Also thanks for sharing what you guys know about the bombs. It would be cool to know the full story of how they were dropped and what the radiation levels are at now. Seems like if the island is still radioactive the water would be too, but maybe not?

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

We wish we had had a Geiger counter to test the radiation levels at the sites we visited. I believe the radiation levels are higher in metal objects abandoned at the islands, so good job we didn't hang around the old tractor motors you could see in the background at the second site.

@owenpotter2459

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCruisingKiwis I saw a documentary recently about Aborigines living around where the tests were done on the mainland. Bit of an eye opener!

@samvoigt21

2 жыл бұрын

@@owenpotter2459 cool! do you remember the title of the documentary?

@owenpotter2459

2 жыл бұрын

@@samvoigt21 No. I'm sorry I don't. I do remember they were with a woman who was foraging for food in an area which would have been radio active.

Good call on the seeds. Whilst aboriginal people had some very sophisticated techniques for making such foods edible soaking/boiling as you undertook, subsequent research by the Australian army found that there were still high levels of residual cyanide etc. Maybe a sacrificial middle child experiment …🤭 oops, sorry Declan

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Rob is saying he's still keen to try them given the correct recipe and bean. This may dampen his appetite somewhat.

Thanks. Turning matter into anti matter.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew. At the end of the day it all matters, or doesn't matter depending on your perspective.

@nortonmolly

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCruisingKiwis Rachel, I was being a bit vague. A friend of mine described the underground atomic explosion testing in Mururoa as vaporising matter (solid limestone) into anti matter. By creating a huge hollow chamber underground. Friggin repulsive. There have been adverts on the tele recently show the NZ yachts sailing to Mururoa atoll. Make you feel proud kiwis tried to do something to stop the testing. Love your history input.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

@@nortonmolly friggin repulsive. Love it. Thanks Andrew.

A fact to bear in mind is a scared population is easier to bend to your will than a population who is not scared of anything!

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

True dat Stephen.

👍😎👍💕

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pete!

The Hammerhead was reacting to the minute electrical fields generated by the metal of the steps and motor of your dingy... Their head is that shape for a reason their eyes and nostrils are out at the ends and the pits in their skin that contain the field sensors are spread over the underside. Rays have similar senses as their shark cousins. At the point they bite a sharks blind so its reacting and biting down on whatevers aroused its curiosty.. even if the waters clear. Think of a hammerhead as a living electric field detector/.packman ...attracted by vibrations and blood at very very low dilutions and over large distances😉. They are also some of the most threatend species in the seas... because of illegal fishing for their fins and sometimes their livers ...which as they lack swim bladders make up to a third of their inner mass. They are vital to the health of the ocean and reef. Being in effect chiefs of quality control and clean up in the marine environment pretty much since the end of the Devonian period. Period.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Clive that is very interesting. I hope lots of people read this comment.

I can not stand fish either, even the smell makes me nauseous. I would think the best part of living on a boat is all the fresh fish if you eat that stuff.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

We only the freshest fish too can't stand it when it gets a bit 'fishy'

fair dinkum cobber! how big was the dorsal fin on that hammerhead?

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

I know that's what really impressed us too.

I know that black beans are poisonous. I lost a milking cow to it years ago in SE Qld.

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Gosh thanks Gypzy. Were these black beans?

@GypzyJack

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCruisingKiwis I doubt it, given subsequent footage showing the beans on a ground vine. They're probably OK by the looks of them. The blackbean is a tree with a long black elongated pod with large seeds, and since I have only ever seen them along a river bank, I suspect that they require good deep soil and lots of water, which is the last thing you'll find in that part of WA! They were unknown to me too since I was originally from out west until I bought a horse property on the Albert River, and lost my jersey cow to the blackbean. Nevertheless, you have the internet, so it won't be too difficult for you to run them to ground, excuse the pun.

WHAT WAS THAT HUGE FISH NEAR THE END OF THE EPISODE????

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

That was a giant grouper. They are protected so very chilled out.

Did you really expect GB to drop a bomb on their home turf????

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's ironic isn't it. Happy for others to clean up after.

use a geiger counter and find out

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Wish we had one.

:)

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jon.

Mate you have got 2 heads don't you?

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

The term 'head' is a nautical term (ie toilet) as well as the obvious anatomical. I'm thinking you're referring to the outcome of radiation poisoning. The jury is out on that one, depending on who you talk to. However, you are correct on the prior having two said nautical heads aboard the good yacht Javelot.

Setting up for the third bomb a month later is not a great leap of the imagination when you consider at that time tobacco was part of military rations. And besides as colonial nations we all know about the exploits of the British throughout the centuries. The Montebello's are a long way from London after all. LOL

@TheCruisingKiwis

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah fair call although they would have known the fall out from the two nuclear bombs dropped on Japan. This time Aussi got the treatment ally and all. There has to be a lesson somewhere in all this for contemporary govt decision making.

British letting off a few bombs in remote uninhabited area's was nothing vs what they did to indigenous.

@TheCruisingKiwis

Жыл бұрын

Yep as did every country colonising others. The Aussi government also allowed the British to do tests on the mainland that caused untold chronic illness and death.