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Escaping Tasmania; Crossing Bass Strait

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July 14th 2015
We are off and heading north to the sun, warm water and coral. That at least was the plan. Distance covered – 538 nmiles – over 16 days (30 May to 14 June) from Prince of Wales Bay Tasmania to Bermagui, NSW. The crossing of Bass Strait involved 363 nmiles taking 73.5 hours at an average of 5 knots. After the crew arrived, one of the first jobs was to get Spoh and Digga some warm cl ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more