Friday, 3 March 2017 (Part I)
At Sea — Tasman Sea … En route to Sydney
Stats @ Ship’s Time 8:30p (AEDT) … UTC 9:30a (3 March)
Temp: 70F (21.1C)
Position: 36.20.79S / 150.21.54E
When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make
you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.
~ Clifton Fadiman ~
Eden — the gateway to Australia’s coastal wilderness — was where we put another notch in our travel milestones by stepping on our seventh and last continent. This southernmost town in New South Wales was a whaling center during the 19th century. Of course those days are gone now — since 1947, Australia is an anti-whaling nation. Perched on hills that gave us a cardio workout during our walkabout, charming Eden is set on an isthmus that separates the two parts of Twofold Bay, and boasts the world’s third deepest natural harbor.
