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andrewsadventures  > 2011 > Australia in December 2010 - January 2011.
We commenced our great Australian adventure of 2010-2011 on Queensland's wonderful Sunshine Coast. A brief spell there was followed by one even briefer in Brisbane, followed by a single day in Launceston, Tasmania, before we spent a week hiking the world-renowned Overland Track (which may be seen in another gallery). Then we spent a day recuperating in Hobart, and three wonderful days exploring SE Tasmania. Next, we flew to the Whitsunday Islands on the Great Barrier Reef. Our adventures on Hook Island and Reefworld may be seen in the relevant galleries. We completed our trip with a sea-kayaking adventure, before most reluctantly boarding our flight back to the English winter :(
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After seven days in the wilderness battling our way through the mud, rain and snow of the Overland Track, we finally made it into Hobart - Tasmania's capital. We were blown away by the lack of traffic and docile nature of this sleepy city.
Our youth hostel was two blocks from Constitution Dock and the finish of the famous Sydney to Hobart yacht race, and incredibly, the race was due to finish soon after we arrived.
We saw the first maxi yacht, Wild Oats, enter the harbour, to many hundreds of cheering Tasmanians and a sea of television cameras.
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Carefully selected men and women, brave and true, crew these awesome yachts. The world's fastest, they batter through the fearsome waves of the southern ocean at terrifying speeds, generating huge forces. Their crews are specially trained, and several have died during recent races in stormy seas.
Unbelievably, the afternoon before Wild Oats arrived, after national television had filmed it, the race trophy was carried right past us.
The next morning, I got up before dawn to photograph the yachts. I was about the only person there to see Ichi Ban come in, in 4th place.
Ichi Ban 2
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