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It’s all about the whales in Eden.
Eden has been a surprising place. During federation it was seriously being considered to be the capital of Australia given its very deep harbour and proximity to Melbourne & Sydney. The limestone plains of Canberra won out in the end. Eden was well known for its whaling in Twofold Bay. More extraordinary, the relationship between…
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Five days on a boat
We left wineglass last Wednesday as we headed for Eden, motoring into Eden Friday afternoon, we then crashed after 60 hours of insufficient sleep, the crossing was rough enough that sleep only came for a while when you were exhausted and then you would get woken when the boat lurched off a wave and bounced…
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Wineglass to Eden
On Wednesday morning at 8:30 we departed Wineglass Bay in Tasmania heading for Eden in New South Wales. The weather forecast was predicted on Wednesday to start with northerlies, changing to a southerly later in the day which would help us travel North, then to a southwestly on Thursday morning which would have helped us…
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Crossing Bass Strait under our command Friday 13th 2024
Celebration🥳🥂 Well we made it….YaHooo!⛵️ We are exhausted , elated, intact, bruised, chuffed and very very happy to be here at Eden. How was it ???? Rough!!!! The magic bit was getting to Gabo Island when we had the full jib out westerly winds and calm seas. Greeted by tail slapping and breaching whales and…
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Wineglass Bay and departure 12/09/2024
Yesterday we started the last leg before the crossing of Bass Strait, moving from Mayfield Bay to Wineglass Bay sailing across Great Oyster Bay through Schouten passage. Stunning scenery! Motoring north and into Wineglass Bay, the scenery and rock formations were fantastic, though difficult to capture and photograph well with our phone cameras. The entrance…
