Yesterday we finished our trip with a 3 day kayak in SW Tasmania (Melaleuca and Bathurst Bay). It was actually just a one day paddle as the 1st and 3rd day involved the logistics of a short small plane flight and then a 5 km paddle to an established camp. It was a gravel landing strip but is an "official" airport with 3 or 4 flights a day carrying day-trippers as well as kayakers and trekkers.
It was cloudy on arrival day, but we woke up to what is probably the best weather you can have in that part of the country. The roaring 40's are the westerlies that blow (unimpeded across the southern Atlantic from Argentina and to Australia/Tasmania) almost daily and bring in regular rain.
This was from our beach looking north.
In the morning we paddled in windless conditions but then in the afternoon could just sit back and let the wind blow us back to camp (we used our paddles to add a bit of sail power).
On day 3, as we left, it was a driving rain from the north, and an exciting small plane flight back to Hobart. We really did get lucky on the weather.
I'll send a few selected pictures as I go through them. Now it is time for the 2 day trek home. Today we head to Sydney and tomorrow onward to Vancouver.
Thanks for the pictures. Glad our planet wound up in the "Goldilocks Zone"
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