In this episode, we head to one of the world's most extraordinary and least-visited landscapes: the Kimberley region of Western Australia. 🇦🇺

Ancient Aboriginal rock art spanning some 40,000 years of human culture. Dramatic ochre cliffs plunging to tidal creeks. Waterfalls of remarkable force and beauty. Wildlife entirely indifferent to your presence. The Kimberley is, in every sense, landscape on a grand scale — and it reveals itself most fully from the water.

As fellow members of the Commonwealth, both Lorraine and Dave grew up with Australia at the edges of their imagination — through penpals, through the particular cadence of Australian television, through a sense of kinship with somewhere simultaneously familiar and entirely unlike home. This episode is a fond exploration of what makes Australia so enduringly compelling, even for those who have already been.

These small ship expedition cruises venture into a genuinely remote Australia — wild, ancient, and quite unlike anywhere else on earth. They also pair beautifully with iconic rail journeys such as The Ghan, or with time spent in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, or Queensland.

Whether you are drawn by the prospect of extraordinary landscapes, rare wildlife, or the deep cultural history of the world's oldest living civilisation, the Kimberley is an experience that stays with you long after you return home. 🦘