Day 260 Nubeena Friday 14th October 2011


Aurora Australis



Tasman Bridge


Hi Folks,
Today we motored at 900am to Hobart with Annette our book keeper and Darryl her husband to go on the Peppermint Bay cruise. This was a promotional outing i.e. free apart from refreshments. We had a minor hiccup with the parking but the cruise people fixed us up with a pass into the ports authority area so all was good. We cruised out of port at around 1035 and headed south down the Derwent and into d'Entrecasteaux Channel. On the way we fed a sea eagle and appreciated the descriptions of various natural and man made features.
Lunch was at Peppermint Bay at Woodbridge. A 3 course buffet of good quality. We purchased a couple of glasses of wine each to aid the digestion. After lunch we had a quick stroll into town before returning to the boat for a hop to Bruny Island to pick up passengers. On the way we had a close up view of the salmon farm. We the returned to Hobart going past the wharf to motor under the Tasman Bridge with the story of it's demolition by the ore carrier in 1975.
Back on dry land we motored to Cambridge in time to drop our passengers at the crash repairers to pick up Annette's beloved Pajero. We journeyed on to Sorell where we stopped for half an hour to do some little tasks before moving on to Dunalley Hotel for a light tea of chowder. Returning to the motel we had a quiet evening. Water travel does tend to have a tiring effect. It was quite breezy on the way back heading into the brisk northerly. I spent a fair bit of time outside where as Susan was mainly in her seat controlling her motion sickness. However it was a good day out with minimal cost!
Night folks.
cheers Simon


Sailing out from the dock


White breasted sea eagle


Under Tasman bridge

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