{"id":19132,"date":"2014-12-22T07:17:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T07:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/captain-chad-of-true-north-and-denniss-big-barra\/"},"modified":"2014-12-22T07:17:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T07:17:00","slug":"captain-chad-of-true-north-and-denniss-big-barra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/12\/captain-chad-of-true-north-and-denniss-big-barra\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain Chad of True North and Dennis&#8217;s Big Barra"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<span>#expeditioncruising\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.createsend1.com\/ei\/r\/C2\/F21\/9CD\/csimport\/hdr-whale-shark2.085309.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.createsend1.com\/ei\/r\/C2\/F21\/9CD\/csimport\/hdr-whale-shark2.085309.jpg\" height=\"125\" width=\"400\"><\/a><br \/><span>\u00a0<\/span> <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/i4.createsend1.com\/ei\/r\/C2\/F21\/9CD\/csimport\/ChadSanta.075403.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><br \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i4.createsend1.com\/ei\/r\/C2\/F21\/9CD\/csimport\/ChadSanta.075403.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/i4.createsend1.com\/ei\/r\/C2\/F21\/9CD\/csimport\/ChadSanta.075403.jpg\" height=\"235\" width=\"320\"><\/a>I have so many fond memories and experiences from the year past, some  just incredible from both an emotional and physical perspective. <\/p>\n<p>I could write for hours but in the interests of brevity, my favourite Kimberley moment was a fishing expedition with Dennis whose sole aim was to catch a barra \u2013 but not just any barra &#8211; a BIG barra!<\/p>\n<p>We were up early and we were treated to a complete \u2018glass-off\u2019. So we pushed up Camp Creek to where the fresh meets the salt &#8211; two dinghies with four fishers in each.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis ended-up catching a massive 111.5cm thumper. Not only was he stoked beyond belief but all involved were equally entertained by the battle, the landing and best of all, the release. <\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.createsend1.com\/ei\/r\/C2\/F21\/9CD\/csimport\/Barracatch.083005.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.createsend1.com\/ei\/r\/C2\/F21\/9CD\/csimport\/Barracatch.083005.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dennis and the BIG Barra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The event was also memorable because it resulted in my winning the annual crew prize for helping a guest to land the biggest barra! As a former master would say \u201cHappy Days!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My favourite international moment was experiencing the Sepik Soiree. The stilt village and the \u2018crocodile initiations\u2019 are incredible experiences. And, being a diver who has dived for a living, it\u2019s always hard to go past those special moments underwater. The diving at the Hermit Islands was simply out of this world. Never before have I experienced clarity which seemed endless.<\/p>\n<p>2014 was a very special year which I enjoyed immensely and, I would like to thank all of our wonderful guests for making it possible. <\/p>\n<p>Best Wishes and Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n<p>Captain Chad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#expeditioncruising\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 I have so many fond memories and experiences from the year past, some just incredible from both an emotional and physical perspective. I could write for hours but in the interests of brevity, my favourite Kimberley moment was a fishing expedition with Dennis whose sole aim was to catch a barra \u2013 but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-star-cruises","category-true-north"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}