Early to bed, early to rise. We were at the base of the Mountain by 0700 after a 4km walk from the camp. Signing the register at the base the signs indicated we were about to take on a little more than we originally planned! 750m vertical was pretty tough going but the view across the whole of Flinders Island and across to Tasmania was well worth the effort
Pano shot from the top
Back to the base we chanced upon the couple from yesterday and hitched a ride halfway back. Kayaks packed again and 1430 departure for Thunder Bay. The forecast from our kayaking expert, Karel Vissel, was a shift to the East and this allowed for the sails to take us across Franklin Sound (Flinders to Cape Barron Island) at 8km/h.
Thunder Bay arrival was late afternoon and with a big paddle ahead we had a big meal and early night. We had contacted the girls and knew they were on the Spirit of Tasmania and our plan was to meet at Musselroe Cove at about 1500hrs
Only a few marsh flies to contend with and the sand was very hard so pitching tents and setting up camp was effortless. We now had our sequence of loading/unloading and setting/shutting down camp to a fine art. The food and water consumed had made for extra room and each day we had more space appearing in the hulls. We had also learnt to make better use of the compartments.
Good on you Earpy!
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