From the Berkeley River, we moved further west along the coast towards Cape Londonderry, the most northern point of WA. After an overnight stop in Seaplane Bay, we arrived in to Koolama Bay. This wide and open bay is named after the ship Koolama which was bombed during World War II. That incident is well documented by the Naval Historical Society.
Within Koolama Bay are a number of smaller bays and the mouth of the King George River (KGR). The KGR bar is shallow and required a large tide for our deep keeled buddies so we explored some of these smaller bays while waiting a couple of days for a larger spring tide to cross the entrance into the KGR.
At a small bay to the west of the river entrance, we found a lagoon under the rocky cliffs, where cascading streams in the wet season have washed a sand spit to create this tidal pool. This bay is name Tranquil Bay in some of the cruising guides.
The view from Tranquil Bay across to the eastern head of Koolama Bay
From here, we sailed across the Koolama Bay to anchor near the King George River mouth in order to cross the bar at first light. After a day of fishing on the sandbanks near the entrance, we motored up to the Twin Falls.
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