1 June Strahan

Today we left early from Margo's place to take the Gordon River Cruise together with Margo and Marisa.

It took off from the Harbour of Strahan. We travelled first class again which ment that we could sit at the captains deck. We could have started with a glass of sparkling white Australian wine but even for me that was a bit much at 8.15 in the morning. So we took a coffee first and saved the wine for later. We also had some nice things to eat. Unfortunately for me the first snacks were fish and a selection of Tasmanian cheeses, but that only meant that I had more room for the rest of the nice food.

First we cruised to Hells Gate, which is the opening to the Pacific Ocean. It was quite rougher once we were on the Pacific, before that it was quite windstill. Then we went back again to stop at Heritage Landing and had a lecture from a guide about the Tasmanian rainforest which was interesting to listen to. We had a lunchbuffet on the boat and cruised on to Sarah Island. On the way to Sarah Island in a broad and quite area of the Gordon River I steered the boat for a while. It was funny because you steered the big boat with a really tiny sort of joystick. Unfortunately when the river got narrower the captain wouldn't let me anymore.


At Sarah Island we had a guided tour by a very good storyteller who made the story of Sarah Island fascinating. Sarah Island used to be an island second time convicts were sent to from 1822 untill 1833.



From Sarah Island we cruised back to Strahan and then Margo took us in her car to show us around Strahan and we finally ended up at Ocean Beach, a very beautiful broad deserted beach at the most South Western point of Tasmania.