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This morning (Sep 28) we left at 8:30am. Wineglass Bay is awesome. A rather narrow entrance with a round bay, ending at a sandy beach; which explains the name. High granite...

200 years ago the Port Arthur prison was rather modern: leading principle was that the mind is stronger than the body, so it was the mind that had to be broken and not the...

The 'Oosterschelde' and the 'Europa' have left the Carnarvor Bay. They are now rounding the south-eastern tip of Tasmania: Tasman Island....

After all it was a great day of sailing. Part of the fleet decided to sail on as long as possible towards Maria Island, on the east coast. Other ships decided to anchor at...

The pilot came on board at 09:30. During casting off the rain started. A pity for all the people who came to say goodbye, and also a nasty sign of bad weather arriving. ...

The work on board never stops. Even when we are in a harbour it never ends. But it is also important to see something of the places that we visit on this circumnavigation....

After breakfast we left Adventure Bay for the last part of the voyage to Hobart. The wind was still strong and gusty, but the rain had stopped and more and more patches of...

The 'Oosterschelde' has arrived at Hobart, Tasmania. She is moored in the south of Sullivans Cove, together with the other ships...