Welcome back guys. This episode is full of ocean adventures with our island family
we are taking you freediving a vertical wreck, we catch and cook our lunch on a remote
tropical island and so much more let's get into it
[Katie] Who's ready for a fun day?
*Arlo & Ophelia quietly - meee me me
[Katie] that's not very excited who's ready for a fun day
*Kids yell - Me me me!
can we see the rainbow
[Katie[ do you guys know where we're going
where
to the beach slightly different beach to usual
you ready you've never been through here well you have but you're a baby
under the trees all right let's check it out
So this was actually a little waterway that was dynamited out by the New Zealand
army back i can't really tell you when somewhere after world war ii
um to provide access to the open ocean right here because if you don't exit here you have to
go like another 10 or 8 or 10 miles out before you can safely cross across the barrier chain
and if you go to Munda or Gizo any of these other island groups that just cuts a massive
um portion of the journey and it's a lot safer at like exiting through here than out through those
rougher sections so looks like they've cleaned it up a bit hey yeah they have it used to completely
over it was overgrown and like touched the canopy touched on both sides
[Katie voiceover] traveling through this passage brings us a feeling of nostalgia for all the times that we've come through here together
now we are sharing it with our kids and they are just old enough to learn and begin to understand
the significance of a place like this a passageway that has been the savior for many ocean travelers
in the past a gateway to the open ocean for those traveling out on a big adventure i know that we'll
look back on this day and recall just how lucky we are to share a place like this with our family
it actually didn't take a lot for us to make this adventure happen and in the moment we were really
just taking it all in but sharing it with you guys makes us see quite clearly that this home of ours
what we have to share of the Marovo Lagoon and beyond is something truly remarkable
We hope you feel it too.
you see this section here and that used to be just like these cliffs here
but the waves come in and they crash so hard that bang bang bang bang over thousands of years
and they cut a little wave cut platform so the rock's going to be on top of our head like a roof
so cool Arlo.. isn't that cool should we go have a look Do you and philly just want to sit up on the front?
there while we go through so you can have a really good look because you need to be able to look up
okay you guys sit up there with Mirri so you (Arlo - Why do I need to look up?) So can see the platform yeah all the way up
[Katie Voiceover] there's an incredible sinkhole dive here under the cliffs that takes divers through
a tunnel and out to the open ocean we didn't have time for it today but
leave a comment below if you'd like us to dive it for you sometime for another video
camera's going away now we've got to go to the big wide open ocean yeah yeah
[Katie Voiceover] we're often asked how we achieve such adventures with the kids and honestly
extra hands do help a lot success is packing a lot of snacks allowing naps to happen whenever
wherever and going with the flow because you just never know what's going to happen
oh splashed by a dolphin.. You're covered Mummy.. I know
the price, the price you pay to film the dolphins..
[Jase] What's out the front of the boat guys? I can see something flashing there...
[Katie Voiceover] our first glance at the vertical shipwreck which we will dive on later in this episode
don't miss it as this is a very unique wreck dive with the bow of this sunken
fishing boat so shallow even the kids get a really good look at it
[Katie[ see it down there... look
Can you see it Filly... [Arlo] A sunken Taiyo boat [Katie] thats the sunken Taiyo boat..
[Jase] Arlo that's an underwater Taiyo boat, come over this side bud Arlo come over here oh it's
[Arlo] Can it move underwater?
[Jase] No it crashed, it sunk. [Katie[ it's a shipwreck that's the front of the boat and that's where the people
normally are driving the boat this is the front so when we finish at the beach we'll bring out
for a swim and you can see the boat underwater a taiyo boat.. how crazy is that it's a shipwreck Arlo..
In 15cm of water....
aha
[Arlo] I can see two crabs there
who's coming out
ready setty jump
woohee
[Katie] what fish would you like for lunch
Mamula .. I want a blue fish.
[Katie] A blue mamula? 2 blue mamulas. [Filly] A tiny one. [Katie[ Ok Mirri, what's your order?
Pangu... [Katie] Pangu! Okay.
Alright, can you give me a ready set go ready set go
[Katie Voiceover] when we're out spearfishing on a day like today the goal is to find lunch
and get back as soon as possible so that we can cook and spend time with the kids
this dive was pretty hard work actually so we didn't capture a whole lot on camera
[Katie] what have we got here? a couple coral trout we got a little crayfish
nice little spread nice little spread say that it's very hot so whack these off and get out it
is super hot we are cooking on the fire we've got tortillas and some of our pawpaw sauce that we've
made the other day so get it going we're pretty late for the kids lunch but they've
already had her snack so all good fish we've got we missed filming the cooking because that was hot
oh my gosh yeah got fish a bit of lime juice on it some tortillas
look at that wow fish salad pawpaw chilli yum
Arlo
[Jase] You telling stories? what have you got for your lunch? [Arlo] no it's a song
what do you got for lunch what's in there yum yum what's in yours philly
yum
*MUSIC*Something Real by Sunriver* there's a lot to see a lot to do
recently i've realized i like doing it all with you
take my hand twirl me around hold me close, dont ever put me down
every time i look at you, you're looking back at me my dear
when you are around everything seems crystal clear
i've been dreaming on this moment hoping for something real. for something real
letting go is the only way
to free my soul from the years of pain
you came to me like an ocean breeze we're so sweet
love like this is all i need never thought i'd be so free
living the island life, we're just like you guys at home we get a bit pent up we get sick
doing the same things over and over so coming out to a different reef where we get to free
dive on a different reef spear fish and to feed the family and just enjoy our time together
it really is kind of i guess it's like what is it like this is like like a weekend
it's kind of like a weekend i don't know um we need to get
off the island too otherwise we go crazy so yeah here we are not being crazy ha ha
*MUSIC* every time i look at you, you're looking back at me my dear
when you are around everything seems crystal clear
i've been dreaming of this moment, hoping for something real. for something real
even here on a super remote island in the middle of nowhere uninhabited island there is this much
rubbish there are plastic water bottles everywhere if you're not already using an insulated water
bottle what are you doing because it keeps your water cold people and if you don't like cold water
i don't think we can be friends anyway there is a lot of rubbish here and not all of it is because
of people coming in camping and visiting the island a lot of it is washing up in the ocean and
even worse than if it's here on this island means it's in the ocean and it's harming our beautiful
wildlife which is already endangered and i could go on forever but leave only footprints people
love like this is all i need. never thought i'd be so free.
we're about to actually dive on a shipwreck here this is a fishing boat just the same ones
that come in and out of the passage all the time at Uepi, uh ran aground here well 20 odd
years ago and they tried to pull it off and filled water at the back and sunk down it's
sitting vertical on the reef so it's actually one of the very few vertical shipwrecks i know
of anywhere in the world it's really really unique and a very cool snorkel and scuba dive.. let's go
all right we're home we'll see you in the next one guys..