Erith Island

We finally paddled into West Cove on Erith Is with the last of the flood yesterday afternoon. Our group left Hogan Island at 9.15 am with the aim of arriving at Erith at slack tide. Using Tidetech we set a course 20 degrees north of the Kent Group knowing that the current would carry us down to Erith. Once again it worked a treat :)
Apart from a light headwind at times conditions were spectacularly good with calm seas and a low rolling 1 to 1.5 metre swell from the SE. We saw Albatross, gulls, Petrel and Gannets as well as a couple of big schools of fish ( fortunately no BIG fish :) as well as having to stop and wait for a large British cargo ship whose captain was very friendly and more than a little curious as to what we were doing out there (contact by VHF). Paddling all of the way was tiring and we were all pleased to get out of the boats at Erith Is.
We will be staying here in the Kent Group for a few days then it is the big jump (65+ kms) to Flinders.
I'm sitting on a hill looking out over a headland and bay looking back across to Hogan Island off in the distance. It's a perfect sunny morning with a light breeze from the east. Far off in the distance behind Hogan I can just see Wilson's Promontory 83 kilometres away. Fabulous :)

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This ship had a captain happy to chat

Sea fog over part of the Kent Group

Rounding into Murray Pass

Sunset at West Cove, Erith Island

Erith Island hut

Wallabi Cove

Sunset over Murray Pass

East Cove, Deal Island

The Caretaker's Garden