at Sea - traveling to Hobart, Tasmania

Tuesday, 1/28, we are at sea....traveling from Melbourne to Hobart, Tasmania - 322 nautical miles (about 371 miles), through the Bass Strait.
     "Separating mainland Australia from the island of Tasmania, the Bass Strait was discovered by British explorers George Bass and Matthew Flinders in 1799. The discovery allowed merchants and explorers to cut 700 miles off their journey from Europe or India.  There are more than 100 islands that dot the strait.  The largest archipelago in the waterway's eastern reaches, the Furneaux Islands, once formed a land bridge between Tasmania and Australia.  Granite mountain ranges can be seen against the horizon.  In the strait's western region, King Island host several settlements and is on the migration route of several bird species." 

 

 

 

 Sunset over the island of Tasmania.