by Jonathan Barnard
Images of the entire collection on show may now be viewed at the Goulburn Street Gallery website.
Landscape and Nature Photography
by Jonathan Barnard
Images of the entire collection on show may now be viewed at the Goulburn Street Gallery website.
Exhibition opening at Goulburn Street Gallery 6pm Friday 23 July to Saturday 13 August
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We made our way 5 miles back down the inlet to where Maamalni, a 52' cutter rig sloop lay at anchor. A perfect start to a week cruising Tasmania's rugged West coast. Michael and Suzan have sailed 23,000 miles from Seattle to Alaska and then South America before sailing across the Pacific to Tasmania, Australia.
The week that followed was full of laughter and fun as we slowly made our way northward along the coast with beautiful weather and fair winds to Macquarie Harbour.
After 10 hours of fighting the rudder and fighting off tinges of sea sickness, exhausted, we decided to run off ahead of the wind. The prospect of shelter behind an island some 50 miles to the east is momentarily heartening. Hopefully it will also be an easier direction to sail. It was fast and we made better progress but it was a roller coaster ride up and down towering and tumbling waves.
Six hours later, near midnight, we approached a looming dark mass. There was no moon and it was dark. Very dark. Distance becomes hard to judge. We are rapidly approaching dark cliffs trying to find a narrow passage between them to shelter.
Our safe haven has proven to be a cauldron. We entered the passage only to find a racing tide pushing the waves up even higher. The wind was funneling up the passage against the tide and producing a fearful combination. With scant navigational aids my iPhone came to the rescue. Loaded with navigational charts its GPS capability guided us to a safe anchorage in a deep cove on the northern side of the island.