Thanks for the reply Steve.
By the time we tow the yacht from Vic to Darwin, drop it off at a marina, drive to Derby and arrange storage for the car and trailer and then catch the bus back to Darwin it will probably be May already…. leaving Vic on 5th of April!
You confirmed what I thought may be the case. My wife is not great in big seas so I wanted the mid April start to round Cape Londonderry before the strongest trades kick in. Did want to stop at Berkley and King Gorge rivers before doing this though. I do worry about late cyclones but I suppose before leaving would check BOM’s outlook for the following week. From what I can see there is not a lot of suitable cyclone holes around that “blownapart” gulf? Cheers Mark