Weather summary:
Sunshine most of the day, cloudy later this evening, not as many stars as last night's spectacular sky. The swell has gradually decreased and is now a fairly smooth ride.
Today activities:
Our second last day on the ship was thankfully smoother, preparations are underway for our arrival and emails were zoomed back and forth fine tunning the plans. It was a relatively quiet Australia Day for the MHF team, although the chef did serve up pork chops for lunch, the closest we would get to an Aussy bbq.
Peter Morse lended his expertise in finalising the video clips for media publication.
Some short beaked common dolphins and long fin pilot whales were seen swimming off to the starboard side of the ship this afternoon.
With the seas calming L'Astrolabe is becoming more social as more of our fellow sailors are up and about. Nights are now dark, something that has been alien for us the past six weeks. Last nights stars were stunning, the temperature is also starting to rise noticeably outside. Home is drawing near!
Tomorrow I am guessing most will be up early, packing bags and looking for the first glimpses of Tasmania. As of 11pm tonight we were at 46deg 25mins South.
Warm wishes from the MHF team
Peter McCabe Field Leader
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