Across Banks Strait
We crossed Banks Strait yesterday, a stretch of sea that can be nasty! We are now in the Furneaux Group.
We crossed Banks Strait yesterday, a stretch of sea that can be nasty! We are now in the Furneaux Group.
The North West has such an impressive coastline with its typical Bass Strait colours: rugged foreshores with jagged granite boulders painted with orange and yellow lichen, deep ultramarine seas and aqua waters close to the sandy shores.
We have spent a week at the Hunter islands, properly called Fleurieu Group, moving from anchorage to anchorage and alternating between Hunter and Three Hummock Islands depending on the wind direction. At last we have felt in cruising mode: short sails, new discoveries, plenty of walks and scrambles ashore on sunny days, and time for…