WEDNESDAY 11 - THURSDAY 12.1.2012: First stop was at Jayco (Hobart), to have minor repairs. We then set off to follow the Huon Trail down to Snug Beach Cabin and Caravan Park. The area around Snug was first encountered by Europeans when Rear Admiral Bruni D'Entrecasteaux sailed up the nearby channel. Following the establishment of a colony at Hobart Town, the Snug River was discovered and named reflecting the "snug and agreeable seclusion" of the inlet. By the 1920s a port and sawmilling facilities had become established at nearby North West Bay. Subsequently around the 1840s and 1850s a small settlement was established at Snug itself. We met at Kettering for our day trip to Bruny Island. The bus was boarded and we were ferried across to the island, then travelled from North to South Bruny to link up with the Bruny Island Cruise.
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| BRUNY ISLAND FERRY |
Pennicott Wilderness Journeys was founded by Robert Pennicott (he circumnavigated Australia in a 5.4 metre yellow dinghy to raise money for Polio eradication and Conservation), in 1999. The cruise is out of Adventure Bay, rounding Penguin Island then Fluted Cape alongside the South Bruny National Park. We reservedly use the word "cruise"! Due to the weather conditions we experienced v-e-r-y high seas and b-i-t-t-e-r cold in what felt like a very t-i-n-y yellow boat!
You will notice in the 'self portrait' that firstly the lady behind wondered what nutters were seated in front of her and secondly, we had on our "this is as good as the smiles get when you are frozen even before you leave the dock" faces! Love Carole's lighthouse keeper look! Excellent experience - loved it!
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| 'THE MONUMENT' - "CRUISED" THROUGH THIS! |
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| BREATHING ROCK EXPLODES WATER EVERY MINUTE |
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| AUSTRALIAN FUR SEAL HAULOUT |
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| We were guaranteed a new hairstyle by day's end! |
Made a stop on the way back to the ferry where the short-tailed shearwaters (penguins), leave the sandy burrows at the neck and set out on an astonishing annual journey to the Arctic Circle and back (30,000 kilometres).
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| LAND BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH BRUNY ISLAND - PENGUIN BREEDING SANCTUARY |
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