From our anchorage we could be in the wilds of Scotland, or the Bay of Islands in NZ. Fairly bare, reddish brown hills, little rocky islands and inlets. Looking at the map we are the furthest south we have ever been with the boat which accounts for the fact that we had (I had) thermals and socks on for the night watches. Now though it's about 20 degrees with a clear blue sky and 25 knots of wind. A beautiful spot.
Lady Baron is a little fishing town in the south of Flinders Island, off the north of Tasmania. We left Eden on Thurs pm and had a good following wind most of the way until it died on us last night. We thought we would arrive at about 2am (Sat) and have to negotiate the well marked but tricky channel in the dark. However it was 11am when we put the anchor down, having battled an outgoing tide and 30 knot headwinds. Also had trouble with the autohelm so brush replacement and a general motor overhaul are on the cards for tomorrow. Similarly the toilet which obviously needs a new valve somewhere as what should be pumped out is pumped round. Nuf said!
There are some lovely deserted beaches to explore in our smart new dinghy - bigger and deeper than the last one, though instead of a bow wave splashing over we managed to get pooped by a breaking wave as we landed on a beach in Eden. It has an aluminium base, so is nice and light.
2 albacore tuna in the frig, no lures lost. Position 40 12.837 S and 148 15.515 E
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