Oz East Coast
March 2008
Steamed Hobart 42.51'37 S - 147.18'23 E to Melbourne 37.49'06 S - 144.57'51 E, via southern and western coast. - 487 nm.
Waited out a very serious storm in Tasmania (hurricane proportions), and ducked down to Recherche Bay to hang loose with the fisho's and to follow them out when the time was right two days later, then to swing around SE Cape and run across the bottom of Tassie, past SW Cape and into Port Davey.
We hailed one of the fishos en route to find the best coordinates to enter, and his reply was to follow him in through a short cut.
This was a hairy experience but we kept back far enough to see if he founded we could do a handbrake turn and get the hell out of there.
Port Davey is the most beautiful place I have visited in my life.
Incongruous for me to say this, I can reveal it was an extremely spiritual experience. One of the last untouched, unspoilt areas in the world. It is claimed to have the purest air in the world, and is of course a World Heritage Site (Wikepedia).
I was determined to come back here and explore, and this will happen in 2009 on the Van Diemens Land Circumnavigation.
